Bob Crone

Robert Crone (4 January 1870 – 15 January 1943) was an Irish football player and coach. He was the younger brother of fellow player Billy Crone.

For the Irish landscape painter, see Robert Crone (artist).
Bob Crone
Crone while with Brentford in 1902
Personal information
Full name Robert Crone
Date of birth (1870-01-04)4 January 1870
Place of birth Belfast, Ireland
Date of death 15 January 1943(1943-01-15) (aged 73)
Place of death Barrow-in-Furness, England
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886–1889 Distillery 30 (4)
1889–1890 Glentoran 3 (0)
1890–1891 Middlesbrough
1891–1894 West Bromwich Albion 40 (0)
1894–1895 Burton Swifts 30 (2)
1895–1897 Notts County 32 (0)
1897–1901 Bedminster
1902–1903 Brentford 2 (0)
Total 137 (6)
National team
1889–1890 Ireland 4 (0)
Teams managed
1906 Brentford (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing career

Crone, who played as a full back, played club football in both Ireland and England for Distillery, Glentoran, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion, Burton Swifts, Notts County, Bedminster and Brentford.[1]

Crone also earned four international caps for Ireland between 1889 and 1890.[2]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1901, Crone became a coach at Bristol City (1901–1903), Brentford (1902–1908, also serving briefly as caretaker manager in 1906),[3] West Bromwich Albion (1908–1909) and Workington (1909–1910). He served as trainer at Southern League side Swansea Town between 1912 and 1914, working under former Brentford colleague Walter Whittaker.[4]

References
  1. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
  2. "NIFG: Bob Crone". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. White 1989, p. 86-87.
  4. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 136. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
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