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Scottish footballer

Bob Crumley
Personal information
Full name Robert Walker Crumley
Birth name Robert Walker Brymer
Date of birth 20 May 1876
Place of birth Lochee, Scotland
Date of death 27 January 1949(1949-01-27) (aged 72)
Place of death Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1902 Dundee Victoria
1902–1903 Lochee United
1903–1907 Newcastle United 4 (0)
1907–1911 Dundee 131 (0)
1911–1912 Darlington
1912–1913 Dundee 0 (0)
1913–1914 Arbroath 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Walker Crumley (20 May 1876 – 27 January 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 130 appearances in the Scottish League for Dundee as a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Crumley's younger brother James was also a goalkeeper. After service with the Gordon Highlanders during the Second Boer War, Crumley served as a sergeant in the Black Watch during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front and at Salonika. He ended the war in the Labour Corps. Crumley received a war pension for malaria and rheumatism.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1904–05 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1905–06 First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 4 0 0 0 4 0
Dundee 1906–07 Scottish First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1907–08 Scottish First Division 34 0 4 0 38 0
1908–09 Scottish First Division 33 0 3 0 36 0
1909–10 Scottish First Division 31 0 10 0 41 0
1910–11 Scottish First Division 31 0 4 0 35 0
Total 131 0 21 0 152 0
Career total 135 0 21 0 156 0
  1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

Honours

Dundee

References

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  2. "Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 71. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. "Bob Crumley | Player Statistics". Arbroath Archive. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  6. "J. Crumley signs for Dundee Hibs". The Courier. Dundee. 12 September 1911. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Robert Walker Brymer Crumley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  8. "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Bob Crumley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  10. "1910 – Scottish Cup". Dundee Football Club – Official Website. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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