Bob McKinlay

See also: Bob McKinlay (engineer)

Robert McKinlay (10 October 1932 – 27 August 2002) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half. He made 614 league appearances for Nottingham Forest, including a run of 265 consecutive games (all in the top division of English football) between 1959 and 1965,^[2] before joining the club's coaching staff.^[3] He is the club's record appearance holder and won the FA Cup with the club in 1959.^[4][5][6] He later worked as a prison officer at HMP Lowdham Grange.^[2]

Bob McKinlay

Personal information
Full name	Robert McKinlay[1]
Date of birth	(1932-10-10)10 October 1932
Place of birth	Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
Date of death	27 August 2002(2002-08-27) (aged 69)
Place of death	West Bridgford, England
Position	Centre half
Youth career
	Bowhill Rovers
1949–1951	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1969	Nottingham Forest	614	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

His uncle Billy McKinlay also played for Nottingham Forest.^[7]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest[8]	1951–52	Second Division	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	1952–53	Second Division	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	1953–54	Second Division	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1954–55	Second Division	37	0	6	0	—		—		43	0
	1955–56	Second Division	39	1	1	0	—		—		40	1
	1956–57	Second Division	39	1	5	0	—		—		44	1
	1957–58	First Division	40	1	3	0	—		—		43	1
	1958–59	First Division	39	0	9	0	—		—		48	0
	1959–60	First Division	42	0	2	0	—		1	0	45	0
	1960–61	First Division	42	0	1	0	3	0	—		46	0
	1961–62	First Division	42	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	49	1
	1962–63	First Division	42	0	7	1	0	0	—		49	1
	1963–64	First Division	42	2	2	0	0	0	—		44	2
	1964–65	First Division	42	1	3	0	0	0	—		45	1
	1965–66	First Division	41	0	1	0	0	0	—		42	0
	1966–67	First Division	42	2	7	0	2	0	—		51	2
	1967–68	First Division	42	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	50	0
	1968–69	First Division	32	0	1	0	1	0	—		34	0
	1969–70	First Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
Career total			614	9	53	1	11	0	6	0	684	10

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances in the FA Charity Shield and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Honours

Nottingham Forest

• FA Cup: 1958–59^[4]

See also

• List of footballers in England by number of league appearances (500+)
• List of one-club men in association football