Robert Smyth McColl

Robert Smyth McColl

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

McColl started his career with junior club Benmore in 1892 and moved to Queen's Park in 1894. He represented the Scottish League in 1901. He later played professionally in England for Newcastle United, remaining on Tyneside for three years until he came back to Glasgow in 1904 to play for Rangers. He returned to Queen's Park in 1907, although the restoration of his amateur status had to be decided by the board of the club beforehand. McColl finished his football career in 1912, scoring 6 goals in his penultimate game against Port Glasgow Athletic, a Scottish scoring record which stands to the present day. McColl played 13 games and scored 13 goals for the Scotland national football team and he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November 2011. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick against each of the other home nations.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McColl goal.

Club
Queen's Park F.C. (1895–1902)
Club
Newcastle United F.C. (1902–1905)
Club
Rangers F.C. (1905–1907)
Club
Queen's Park F.C. (1907–1909)
Club
Scotland men's national football team (1896–1908)
National team
Scotland

Personal

Personal life

McColl is now better known for lending his name to the newsagent chain RS McColl, which he set up in 1901 with his brother Tom; due to this, he became known as Toffee Bob. He served as a sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.

Legacy

Honours

Queen's Park

Sheriff of London Charity Shield: 1899 (shared) Glasgow Cup: 1898–99 Scotland

Home Championship: 1896, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1908 (shared)

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Scottish footballer (1876-1958)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Robert Smyth McColl was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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