Bob McRoberts

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Bob McRoberts
Full name	Roberts McRoberts
Date of birth	July 12, 1874
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death	February 27, 1959 (aged 84)
Place of death	Birkenhead, England
Playing position	Centre-forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1892– 1896–1898 1898–1905 1905–1909	Coatbridge Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Small Heath Chelsea	052 (15) 173 (70) 104 (10)
Teams managed
1910–1915	Birmingham
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roberts "Bob" McRoberts (July 12, 1874 – February 27, 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer and football manager. He played as a centre-forward.

McRoberts was born in Coatbridge, Scotland. He started his football career at Airdrieonians and Albion Rovers in the Scottish League, and went on to play for Gainsborough Trinity, Small Heath (Birmingham) and Chelsea, where he also played as a defender, in the Football League. He was Small Heath's leading goalscorer for three successive seasons, from 1899–00 to 1901–02, and was Chelsea's first ever £100 signing, playing in their first League game in September 1905.

After retiring from playing, he came back to Birmingham where in July 1910 he was appointed their first full-time professional team manager. Previously the team had been selected by a committee. He managed the club for five years.

McRoberts died in Birkenhead, England at the age of 84.

[edit] References

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.

[edit] External links

Chelsea F.C. official website

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Birmingham City F.C. – Managers

Jones (1892–1908) • Watson (1908–10) • McRoberts (1910–15) • Richards (1915–23) • Beer (1923–27) • Harvey (1927–28) • Knighton (1928–33) • Liddell (1933–39) • Camkin (1939–44) • Goodier (1944–45) • Storer (1945–49) • Brocklebank (1949–54) • Turner (1954–58) • Turner and Beasley (1958) • Beasley (1958–60) • Merrick (1960–64) • Mallett (1964–65) • Cullis (1965–70) • Goodwin (1970–75) • Bell (1975–77) • Ramsey (1977–78) • Smith (1978–82) • Saunders (1982–86) • Bond (1986–87) • Pendrey (1987–89) • Mackay (1989–91) • Macari (1991) • Cooper (1991–93) • Fry (1993–96) • Francis (1996–2001) • Bruce (2001–07) • McLeish (2007–)

Persondata
NAME	McRoberts, Roberts
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McRoberts, Bob
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer, football manager
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coatbridge, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1959
PLACE OF DEATH	Birkenhead, England