Bobby Curtis (Scottish footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Queen of the South | |||
1923–1925 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 64 | (18) |
1925–1926 | Providence | 19 | (10) |
1926–1927 | J&P Coats | 35 | (7) |
1927–1929 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 88 | (29) |
1929–1930 | New York Nationals | 1 | (0) |
1930 | New York Americans | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bobby Curtis was an early twentieth-century Scottish footballer.
Curtis began his career in his native Scotland with Dumfries club, Queen of the South. He moved to the United States where he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. At Wanderers he played beside another ex Queen of the South player, David Robertson. He spent eight years playing professionally in the United States. This included two spells with Wanderers and four other clubs across four seasons. He scored 68 goals in 234 games in the ASL.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "USA - All-Time Leading Goalscorers in US Professional Soccer". Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
External links
[edit]- Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players
- Providence F.C. players
- Pawtucket Rangers players
- New York Americans (soccer) (1930–1933) players
- New York Nationals (ASL) players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Scottish football forward stubs