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Bobby Bolt
Scottish footballer
Robert Bolt (29 January 1912 – 1991) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Bolt | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1912[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lochgelly, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1991 (aged 78–79) | ||
| Place of death | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Rosslyn Juniors | ||
| 1933–1935 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (0) |
| 1934–1935 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 1935–1937 | Dunfermline Athletic | 71 | (2) |
| 1937–1939 | Falkirk | 76 | (8) |
| 1939–1944 | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 1944–1947 | Third Lanark | 21 | (0) |
| 1947–1948 | Falkirk | 21 | (2) |
| 1948–1952 | Caledonian | ||
| International career | |||
| 1940 | Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Lochgelly, Fife, he began his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, then played for Dunfermline Athletic and Falkirk, where he impressed sufficiently to be selected for a Scottish Football Association tour of North America, and to be signed for defending national champions, Rangers, both in May 1939.[3][4] However, within months World War II broke out, rendering all his appearances for the Gers unofficial.[5] In that period he was selected for Scotland in an international against a League of Ireland XI in 1940,[6] but would never receive a full cap for his country.
Bolt had also made wartime appearances for Third Lanark, and he remained with the south Glasgow club for one season upon the resumption of official competitions[7] before returning to Falkirk for another year,[8] during which he played in the Scottish League Cup Final defeat to East Fife.
Latterly he relocated to Inverness where he turned out for Caledonian in the Highland League and played against Dundee United in the Scottish Cup in January 1952,[9] the day after his 40th birthday. His son, also Bobby, also played for the club.[10]
- "[Hearts player] Robert Bolt". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1939 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1939". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "[Rangers player] Bolt, Bobby". FitbaStats. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Irish XI v Scottish XI, 28 April 1940, 11v11.com
- Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- Falkirk: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- Highland League Legends, CaleyThistleOnline, October 2007