Robert Walker (Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers footballer)

Robert Walker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Parkgrove
Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Walker was a Scottish footballer who was one of the first black players of the sport.[1] He played in the 1870s for Parkgrove (alongside fellow black player Andrew Watson) and Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers (with whom he was a runner-up in the 1876 Scottish Cup Final).[2]

References

  1. Andrew Downie (15 February 2017). "Strathbungo's Sharpshooters: Third Lanark". Bygone Bungo. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. Richard McBrearty. "The world's earliest known black footballers". Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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