Bob Young (Scottish footballer)

Bob Young
Personal information
Full name Robert Miller Young[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Auchterarder, Scotland
Date of death 1970 (aged 83)[1]
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1921 Queen's Park 127 (1)
1917–1918 → Clyde (loan) 1 (0)
1918–1919 → Motherwell (loan) 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Miller Young (1886–1970) was a Scottish amateur football full back who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2] He captained the club and after his retirement as a player was a member of the committee and acted as Honorary Treasurer.[1] Young also played for Motherwell and Clyde.[3]

Personal life

Prior to the First World War, Young worked as an iron merchant's clerk.[1] After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, he enlisted as a lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry and was commissioned in late 1915.[1] He was shot in the knee in 1917,[1] but the injury did not prevent him from returning to football before the end of the year.[2] Young moved to Manchester in 1929.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McCrossan, Frank. "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 – THE QUEEN'S PARK MEN WHO SERVED AND SURVIVED AS AT APRIL 2017 – APPENDIX 1" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.


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