Bob Suart
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Suart[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Stockport, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 27 September 1918 (aged 35–36)[3] | ||
Place of death | Nord, France[3] | ||
Playing position | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
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) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Robert Suart (1882 – 27 September 1918) was an English professional football wing half who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Fulham.[1] He was killed in action in World War I.
Football career
Suart played in the Football League for Stockport County and Fulham,[4] before joining Central League club Port Vale in July 1911.[2] He helped the "Valeites" to win the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912, the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913 and the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1915.[2] Vale went into abeyance in 1915 and Suart began guesting for Stockport County.[2]
World War I
During the second year of the First World War in 1915, Suart enlisted as a private in the South Lancashire Regiment.[5] 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.[5] His division was transferred to the Italian Front following the Third Battle of Ypres, but returned to France in April 1918.[5] Suart was killed during a German counter-attack near Gouzeaucourt on 27 September 1918, just over six weeks before the Armistice.[5] He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.[3]
Statistics
Source:[6]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stockport County | 1903–04[4] | Second Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
1904–05[4] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
1905–06[4] | Second Division | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | |
1906–07[4] | Second Division | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
1907–08[4] | Second Division | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
Total | 142 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 152 | 13 | ||
Fulham | 1907–08[5] | Second Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
1908–09[5] | Second Division | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
1909–10[5] | Second Division | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
1910–11[5] | 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
- with Port Vale
- Staffordshire Senior Cup winner: 1912[2]
- Birmingham Senior Cup winner: 1913[2]
- North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1915[2]
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 283. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- 1 2 3 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Watts, Ian. "Bob Suart County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Bob Suart – Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Bob Suart at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)