Bobby Shearer

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Bobby Shearer

Full name	Robert Shearer
Date of birth	December 29, 1931
Place of birth	Hamilton, Scotland
Date of death	November 5, 2006
Nickname	Captain Cutlass
Playing position	Right Back
Youth clubs
	Burnbank Athletic
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1950-1955 1956-1965 1965-66	Hamilton Academical Rangers Queen of the South	74 (0) 407 (4)
National team²
1961	Scotland	4 (0)
Teams managed
1966-67 1970-71	Third Lanark Hamilton Academical
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 7, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 7, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Bobby Shearer (December 29, 1931 - November 5, 2006) was a Scottish professional footballer. He represented Scotland twice in 1961, in games against the English and Irish football leagues and won four full international caps.

Shearer, a right-back, played 407 times for Rangers between 1955 and 1965, including a run of 165 consecutive games. He previously played for Hamilton Academical, his hometown club. His combative playing style led to him being nicknamed Captain Cutlass.

He made his full Scotland debut on April 15, 1961 in the 9-3 defeat against England at Wembley, it was said that as the colour of the ball in this game was Orange, Bobby refused to kick it and the Scotland Goalkeeper, Frank Haffey of Celtic, refused to touch it. He won further caps against the Republic of Ireland (twice) and Czechoslovakia in World Cup qualifiers the following month, his final game being a 4-0 defeat in Bratislava.

Shearer captained Rangers to their second domestic treble in 1963-64. In all, he captured five league championships, three Scottish Cups and four League Cups during his time at Ibrox.

After leaving Ibrox, Shearer moved to Queen of the South as player-coach before being appointed manager of ill-fated Third Lanark in 1966. When the Hi Hi folded in 1967 he moved to Hamilton Academical, and served as their manager between October 1970 and October 2, 1971.

He died following a short illness on November 5, 2006, aged 74.

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Obituary at Scotsman.com

Preceded by '	Third Lanark Manager 1966-1967	Succeeded by Club Folded
Preceded by Tommy Ewing	Hamilton Academical Manager 1970-1971	Succeeded by Ronnie Simpson