Rab Shannon

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Rab Shannon
Personal information
Full name	Robert Shannon
Date of birth	(1966-04-20) 20 April 1966
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1982–1991	Dundee	227	(9)
1991	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	1	(0)
1991–1993	Dunfermline Athletic	69	(0)
1993–1995	Motherwell	67	(3)
1995–1996	Dundee United	35	(1)
1996–1998	Hibernian	6	(0)
1998–1999	Newcastle Breakers	27	(1)
1999–2001	East Fife	29	(0)
National team
1986–1988	Scotland U21^[1]	7	(1)
Teams managed
1999–2001	East Fife
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Robert 'Rab' Shannon (born 20 April 1966 in Bellshill) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender.

Playing career

Shannon, who played for a number of Scottish clubs but spent around half his career with Dundee. He also spent a season with the Newcastle Breakers in the Australian National Soccer League.^[2]

He managed East Fife between 1999 and 2000.

East Fife F.C. – managers

Neill (1903–1911)
McLean (1911–1929)
Robertson (1929–1931)
McLean (1931–1941)
McArthur (1941–1947)
Symon (1947–1953)
Dawson (1953–1958)
McCaig (1958–1963)
Bonthrone (1963–69)
Baxter (1969–70)
Quinn (1970–73)
Christie (1973–76)
Barry (1976–78)
Clarke (1978–87)
Murray (1987–93)
Totten (1993–94)
Archibald (1994–96)
Bone (1996–98)
Kirk (1998–99)
Shannon (1999–2001)
Clarke (2001–02)
Moffat (2002–06)
Baikie (2006–09)
Crawford (2009–10)
Robertson (2010–12)
Durie (2012)
Brown (2012–13)
Aitchison (2013)
Naysmith (2013–)

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