Bob Bolitho

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Bob Bolitho
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Personal information
Date of birth July 20, 1952 (1952-07-20) (age 55)
Place of birth    Victoria, B.C., Canada
Playing position defensive midfielder; defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1969-70-?
197? - 1976
1977 - 1980
1980
1981 - 1983
1984
1984
1989		 Victoria O'Keefe
London Boxing Club
Vancouver Whitecaps
Tulsa Roughnecks
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Minnesota Strikers
Tampa Bay Rowdies
Victoria Vistas		 0? (?)
0? (?)
87 (5)
12 (1)
79 (6)
12 (1)
06 (1)
0? (?)   
National team2
1974-1981
1975, 1976		 Canada
Canadian Olympic (amateur)		 23 (2)
11 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Bob Bolitho (born on July 20, 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a former Canadian national team, NASL, and CSL player.

Bolitho was a member of the Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics, playing against the Soviet Union in Montreal and North Korea in Toronto. Bob played a defensive midfield role in the early days of his first class career before settling down at right back. He scored an impressive equalizing goal against the United States in Vancouver in 1976, one of a number of important goals he scored during his career.

Bolitho played as a teenager of Pacific Coast Soccer League side Victoria O'Keefe S.C. before joining the soccer team of the London Boxing Club in Victoria, for whom he won a Canadian Club Championship national title in 1975. The following summer Bolitho joined the Vancouver Whitecaps and remained with the club until 1980. He was a member of their Soccer Bowl winning team in 1979, playing at right back in the Soccer Bowl win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He played 196 regular season games in the North American Soccer League in eight seasons for five different clubs, scoring 14 goals. He also played 26 games in the play-offs with two goals. He then played one season for Victoria Vistas in the CSL in 1989.

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