Bob Preston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bob Preston | ||
| Date of birth | Not known | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | Not known | ||
| Playing position | Wing half / Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1922 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1922–1923 | Torquay United | ||
| 1923–1928 | Plymouth Argyle | 143 | (3) |
| 1928–19?? | Torquay United | 15 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robert "Bob" Preston was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United. He played as a wing half or centre half.[1][2]
Preston was born in Edinburgh and signed for Heart of Midlothian shortly before the First World War. In November 1914 he was among the Hearts players who volunteered to join Sir George McCrae's new battalion of the Royal Scots. Military service took him away from Edinburgh for five years, so that it was 1919 before he made his debut for Hearts in the Scottish League First Division. He remained with the club until the 1922–23 season. He then came to England to play for Torquay United,[3] then a Southern League club, and moved on to Third Division South club Plymouth Argyle in 1923. He made 147 appearances for the club in all competitions. His last game for Argyle came at the end of the 1927–28 season, and he returned to Torquay United, by then a Football League team, for the following season.[2][4]
References
- ↑ "1919–20". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 212. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ "1922–23". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ↑ "Bob Preston". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 18 August 2010.