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Bob McKinlay
Personal information
Full name Robert McKinlay
Date of birth (1932-10-10)10 October 1932
Place of birth Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
Date of death 27 August 2002(2002-08-27) (aged 69)
Place of death West Bridgford, England
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
Bowhill Rovers
1949–1951 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1969 Nottingham Forest 614 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert McKinlay (10 October 1932 – 27 August 2002) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half. He made 614 league appearances for Nottingham Forest, including a run of 265 consecutive games (all in the top division of English football) between 1959 and 1965, before joining the club's coaching staff. He is the club's record appearance holder and won the FA Cup with the club in 1959. He later worked as a prison officer.

His uncle Billy McKinlay also played for Nottingham Forest.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 1951–52 Second Division 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
1952–53 Second Division 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
1953–54 Second Division 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
1954–55 Second Division 37 0 6 0 — — 43 0
1955–56 Second Division 39 1 1 0 — — 40 1
1956–57 Second Division 39 1 5 0 — — 44 1
1957–58 First Division 40 1 3 0 — — 43 1
1958–59 First Division 39 0 9 0 — — 48 0
1959–60 First Division 42 0 2 0 — 1 0 45 0
1960–61 First Division 42 0 1 0 3 0 — 46 0
1961–62 First Division 42 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 49 1
1962–63 First Division 42 0 7 1 0 0 — 49 1
1963–64 First Division 42 2 2 0 0 0 — 44 2
1964–65 First Division 42 1 3 0 0 0 — 45 1
1965–66 First Division 41 0 1 0 0 0 — 42 0
1966–67 First Division 42 2 7 0 2 0 — 51 2
1967–68 First Division 42 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 50 0
1968–69 First Division 32 0 1 0 1 0 — 34 0
1969–70 First Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Career total 614 9 53 1 11 0 6 0 684 10
A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances in the FA Charity Shield and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Honours

Nottingham Forest

See also

References

  1. "Bob McKinlay". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: Bob McKinlay was a majestic centre-back". Nottingham Post. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. ^ "FA Cup Final 1959". Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. Me Owd Duck remembers Bobby, Lost That Loving Feeling, 25 January 2009
  6. The top five all time Nottingham Forest appearance makers, Nottingham Forest News, 13 June 2021
  7. Wright, Don (2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing.
  8. Bob McKinlay at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)


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