Robert_McSkimming_(footballer,_born_1888)

Robert McSkimming (footballer, born 1885)

Robert McSkimming (footballer, born 1885)

Scottish footballer

For the Stoke player, see Bob McSkimming.

Robert McSkimming (29 May 1885 – 22 December 1952) was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Albion Rovers (two spells), The Wednesday,[3] Motherwell[4] (on a long-term loan during World War I) and Helensburgh, as a centre half.[2][5]

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McSkimming was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial international in 1918.[6]

He emigrated to New Zealand in the 1920s; another branch of the family had done so several decades earlier, including cousin Peter McSkimming who was a noted politician and businessman.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    1911 England Census, via Ancestry (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. [3]
    Bob McSkimming, The Sheffield Wednesday Archive
  4. [4]
    Robert McSkimming, MotherWELLnet
  5. [5]
    McSkimming Bob Image 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1910, Vintage Footballers
  6. [6]
    Scotland v England 2-0 (International: June 8, 1918), 9 June 1918 (via Play Up, Liverpool)
  7. [7]
    Marriage for John McSkimming [father of Robert], My Ain Folk


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