Bob Crompton

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Bob Crompton

Full name	Robert Crompton
Date of birth	26 September 1879
Place of birth	Blackburn, England
Date of death	16 March 1941 (aged 61)
Playing position	Full-back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1896–1920	Blackburn Rovers
National team
1902–1914	England	41 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert 'Bob' Crompton (26 September 1879 - 16 March 1941) was a former Blackburn Rovers and England football player. He captained England 22 times between 1903 and 1914 and was capped 41 times.

Born in Blackburn, Crompton spent his entire career at full-back for Blackburn Rovers, playing 528 games between 1896 and 1920. He won the league twice as captain of the team in 1912 and 1914. In the 1915-16 season he played for Blackpool in the regional leagues set up by the Football League during World War 1 where he was made club captain.^[1]

He later went on to manage Blackburn between 1926 and 1930, leading them to the FA Cup victory over Huddersfield Town in 1928. Crompton then returned as manager in the late thirties to guide them to the Second division Championship.

Crompton died in 1941, still in charge of his home-town club, thus ending a fifty year association with his beloved Rovers.

[edit] References

^ Wolstenholme, Gerry (May, 2008). The Khaki Years, Blackpool Football Club The World War I Seasons 1915/16 - 1918/19. Blackpool: Blackpool Programme and Memorabilia Collectors Club, 1-5.

Sporting positions
Preceded by -	England football captain 1903-1914	Succeeded by -

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Kitcher (1914–23) • Kinghorn (1923–25) • Knighton (1925–28) • Richards (1928–30) • Birrell (1930–35) • Crompton (1935–36) • Bell (1936–39) • Kinghorn (1939–47) • Lowe (1947–50) • Bruton (1950–56) • Cox (1956–58) • Welsh (1958–61) • McGarry (1961–63) • Flewin (1963–65) • Cox (1965–70) • J. Bond (1970–73) • Hartley (1974–78) • Nelson (1975) • Benson (1975–78) • Stock (1979–80) • Webb (1980–82) • Megson (1983) • Redknapp (1983–92) • Pulis (1992–94) • Williams (1994) • Machin (1994–2000) • O'Driscoll (2000–06) • Roach & Murdoch (2006) • K. Bond (2006–)

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Blackburn Rovers F.C. – Managers

Mitchell (1884–96) • Walmsley (1896–03) • Middleton (1903–22) • Carr (1922–26) • Crompton (1926–31) • Barritt (1931–36) • Taylor (1936–38) • Crompton (1938–41) • Hapgood (1944–47) • Scott (1947–47) • Bruton (1947–49) • Bestall (1949–53) • Carey (1953–58) • Duncan (1958–60) • Marshall (1960–67) • Quigley (1967–70) • Carey (1970–71) • Furphy (1971–73) • Lee (1974–75) • Smith (1975–78) • Pickering (1978–79) • Iley (1978) • Kendall (1979–81) • Saxton (1981–86) • Parkes (1986–87) • Mackay (1987–91) • Parkes (1991) • Dalglish (1991–95) • Harford (1995–96) • Parkes (1996–97) • Hodgson (1997–98) • Parkes (1998) • Kidd (1998–99) • Parkes (1999–2000) • Souness (2000–04) • Parkes (2004) • Hughes (2004–08)