Bobby Johnstone
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For other people with the same name, see Robert Johnstone.
Robert Johnstone (7 September 1929 – 22 August 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Selkirk, Hibernian, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Witton Albion. Johnstone also represented Scotland and the Scottish League.
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Full name | Robert Johnstone[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1929-09-07)7 September 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Selkirk, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 22 August 2001(2001-08-22) (aged 71) | ||
Place of death | Selkirk, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1945–1946 | Newtongrange Star | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946 | Selkirk | ||
1946–1955 | Hibernian | 168 | (88) |
1955–1959 | Manchester City | 124 | (42) |
1959–1961 | Hibernian | 31 | (17) |
1961–1965 | Oldham Athletic | 143 | (36) |
1965 | Witton Albion | 0 | (0) |
Total | 466 | (183) | |
International career | |||
1951–1956 | Scotland | 17 | (10) |
1951–1954 | Scottish Football League XI | 6 | (1) |
1955[2] | Scotland A vs B trial | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Close
Johnstone is most remembered as one of the Famous Five forward line (Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond) for Hibernian in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He joined Manchester City in 1955, becoming the first player to score in successive FA Cup Finals at Wembley, in 1955 and 1956.[3] After a short return to Hibs he also played for Oldham Athletic.
He won 17 caps for Scotland.