Bobby Flavell (Scottish footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Wilson Flavell | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Annathill, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 18 March 2005[1] | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Position(s) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | |||
1937–1947 | Airdrieonians | 62 | (51) |
1947–1950 | Heart of Midlothian | 69 | (26) |
1950 | Millonarios[2] | 12 | (3) |
1951–1954 | Dundee | 68 | (32) |
1954–1956 | Kilmarnock | 38 | (13) |
1956–1958 | St Mirren | 22 | (6) |
Total | 271 | (131) | |
International career | |||
1944[3] | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
1947[4] | Scottish Football League XI | 2 | (6) |
1947[1] | Scotland | 2 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1961 | Ayr United | ||
1961–1962 | St Mirren | ||
1963–1964 | Ayr United | ||
1965–1966 | Albion Rovers | ||
1969–1972 | Albion Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Wilson Flavell (1 September 1921 – 18 March 2005) was a Scottish
Playing career
Flavell was born in Annathill, North Lanarkshire in 1921. He joined the senior game by signing for Airdrie in 1937 as a teenager, but only played two seasons before the war broke out;[5] he had to wait until the 1946–47 season to make another league appearance. During the conflict, Flavell had made guest appearances for both Arsenal and Tottenham. When the Scottish Football League resumed in 1946, Flavell scored over a goal per game for Airdrie and won his two caps for Scotland, which convinced Heart of Midlothian to pay £10,000 to acquire his services.
Flavell again scored frequently at Hearts, but he became a football outcast on 12 June 1949 by signing for
Coaching career
Flavell had five stints as a manager at three clubs, starting with
References
- ^ a b (Scotland player) Robert Flavell, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
- ^ (unofficial Scotland player) Robert Wilson Flavell, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ (SFL player) Robert Flavell, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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External links
- Bobby Flavell at the Scottish Football Association
- London Hearts profile
- Bobby Flavell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database