Robert Howe (footballer)

Robert Howe (3 August 1903 – 20 June 1979) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger.

Robert Howe

Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1903
Place of birth	Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death	20 June 1979(1979-06-20) (aged 75)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Shotts United
	Petershill
1927–1932	Hamilton Academical	159	(48)
1932–1934	Hearts	16	(4)
1934–1937	Third Lanark	90	(19)
1937	Queen of the South	13	(1)
1937–1938	St Johnstone	14	(3)
1938–1939	Dundee United	18	(2)
Total		310	(77)
International career
1929	Scotland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Dumbarton, Howe played club football for Hamilton Academical,^[1] Hearts, Third Lanark, Queen of the South, St Johnstone and Dundee United, and made two appearances for Scotland^[2][3] – he was the first serving Hamilton player to be capped for his country.^[1]

At club level, his most notable achievements were winning Scottish Football League Division Two with Third Lanark in 1934–35 and reaching the final of the Scottish Cup with the club one year later (the match was lost to Rangers).^[4]

References

1. Howe, Bobby (1926), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
2. Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 128.
3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936