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English footballer

Bob Suart
Personal information
Full name Robert Suart
Date of birth 1882
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 27 September 1918 (aged 36)
Place of death near Gouzeaucourt, France
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Edgeley
1903–1908 Stockport County 142 (13)
1908–1911 Fulham 97 (1)
1911–1915 Port Vale 130 (4)
1915–1917 → Stockport County (guest) 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Suart (1882 – 27 September 1918) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Fulham as a wing half. He was killed in action during the First World War.

Career

After beginning his career in non-League football with Edgeley, Suart played in the Football League for Stockport County and Fulham, before joining Central League club Port Vale in July 1911. He helped the "Valeites" to win the 1911–12 Staffordshire Senior Cup, the 1912–13 Birmingham Senior Cup and the 1914–15 North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup. Vale went into abeyance in 1915 and Suart returned to Stockport County as a guest.

World War I

During the second year of the First World War in 1915, Suart enlisted as a private in the South Lancashire Regiment. He transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment later that year and went on to see action at High Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras and the Third Battle of Ypres during 1916 and 1917. His division was transferred to the Italian Front following the Third Battle of Ypres, but returned to France in April 1918. Suart was killed during a German counter-attack near Gouzeaucourt on 27 September 1918, just over six weeks before the Armistice. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1903–04 Second Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1904–05 Lancashire Combination First Division 33 4 5 0 38 4
1905–06 Second Division 38 3 3 0 41 3
1906–07 Second Division 36 2 2 0 38 2
1907–08 Second Division 29 3 0 0 29 3
Total 142 13 10 0 152 13
Fulham 1907–08 Second Division 6 1 0 0 6 1
1908–09 Second Division 35 0 1 0 36 0
1909–10 Second Division 33 0 3 0 36 0
1910–11 Second Division 23 0 1 0 24 0
Total 97 1 5 0 102 1
Port Vale 1911–12 Central League 30 0 0 0 30 0
1912–13 Central League 33 2 4 0 37 2
1913–14 Central League 32 2 8 1 40 3
1914–15 Central League 35 0 3 0 38 0
Total 130 4 15 1 145 5
Career total 369 18 30 1 399 19

Honours

Port Vale

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 283. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "Suart Bob Fulham 1910". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. ^ Watts, Ian. "Bob Suart County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Bob Suart". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ Bob Suart at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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