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Scottish footballer

Bobby Rooney
Personal information
Full name Robert Rooney
Date of birth (1938-07-08)8 July 1938
Place of birth Cowie, Stirling, Scotland
Date of death 9 August 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 78)
Place of death Portsmouth, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
–1958 Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Sheffield United 14 (3)
1962–1963 Doncaster Rovers 5 (1)
1963–1964 Lincoln City 28 (3)
– Gainsborough Trinity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Rooney (8 July 1938 – 9 August 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who made 47 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City. He played as a winger.

Rooney was born in Cowie, Stirling, and began his football career with Clydebank Juniors in his native Scotland before joining English Second Division club Sheffield United in 1958. He played occasionally in his first two seasons with the club, but not thereafter. In the 1962–63 season, he was registered with three clubs: Sheffield United transferred him to Doncaster Rovers for a £5,000 fee in October 1962, but exchanged him for Lincoln City's Albert Broadbent soon afterwards. Rooney made his Lincoln debut in January 1963, yet at the end of the season, Lincoln confirmed that he was one of four players available for transfer. He made his last Lincoln appearance in December 1963 before moving into English non-league football with Gainsborough Trinity.

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Rooney". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Bobby Rooney". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. "Club: Sheffield Utd". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2013. (registration required)
  4. "Bobby Rooney". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. "Albert Broadbent". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. "Four on offer". Daily Mirror. 13 June 1963. p. 27.


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