Robert Crawford

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Robert Crawford
Full name	Robert Stuart Crawford
Date of birth	July 4, 1886
Place of birth	Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Date of death	ca. 1950
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1902-1905	Barrhead BC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1905-1909 1909-1915	Arthurlie Liverpool	108 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert Crawford (born 4th July 1886, died ca. 1950) was a footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club during the early part of the 20th century.

[edit] Life and playing career

Born in Blythswood, Scotland, Crawford began his career at Arthurlie before being signed by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in January 1909. Robert made his debut in a Football League First Division game at Anfield on the 13th February 1909, a game that saw the Reds beat Leicester Fosse 4-1, he scored his one and only goal for the club on the 4th October 1913 in the heavy 4-1 defeat at the hands of The Wednesday (Sheffield Wednesday) at Owlerton, the consolation goal coming from the penalty spot. Crawford, a full-back, played 31 times during the 1910/11 campaign, this proved to be the most he would play for the club in any one season. Robert spent six years at Anfield putting together 114 appearances.