| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Louis Svarc | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leicester City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1964–1968 | Leicester City | 13 | (2) |
| 1968–1971 | Lincoln City | 45 | (16) |
| 1970–1971 | → Barrow (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 1971–1972 | Boston United | 28 | (21[1]) |
| 1972–1975 | Colchester United | 116 | (59) |
| 1975–1978 | Blackburn Rovers | 50 | (16) |
| 1977 | → Watford (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 268 | (117) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Robert Louis "Bobby" Svarc (born 8 February 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward
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Svarc, born in Leicester, England, began his career at Leicester City, making 13 appearances scoring two goals before moving to Lincoln City in 1978. He scored 16 goals in 45 appearances, and during this time scored 3 goals in 15 appearances on loan at Barrow. Svarc signed for non-league Boston United for £2,000 in 1971, before following manager Jim Smith to Colchester United for a transfer fee of £6,000 after scoring 21 goals in 28 matches.[1] Svarc then followed Smith to Blackburn Rovers in 1975, becoming Rovers' top scorer in the 1976-77 season, following a prolific goal-scoring record with Colchester. He scored some great goals and probably would have got more but for a knee injury which curtailed his playing days.[2] He also made a single appearance for Watford[3]
After a career spent banging 'em in, Bobby then set about keeping 'em out and has been successfully achieving that ever since, for after scoring goals, he set up his own burglar alarm business in Blackburn and is still plying his trade in the town.[2]