Bob Sharpe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Sharpe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1925[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 21 February 2014 (aged 88)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Dunfermline Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1947–194? | Thornton Hibs | ||
| 194?–1951 | Rosyth Recreation | ||
| 1951–1952 | Raith Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1952–1953 | Darlington | 14 | (0) |
| – | Blackhall Colliery Welfare | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robert "Bob" Sharpe (20 December 1925 – 21 February 2014) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers and in the English Football League for Darlington.[1][3]
Life and career
Sharpe was born in Kirkcaldy.[1] He played for Dunfermline Athletic in the 1945–46 wartime league[4] before being reinstated as a junior with Thornton Hibs in 1947.[5] By 1949 he was at Rosyth Recreation,[6] helping the club to the top of the Fife Junior League.[7] In February 1951, after Rosyth had beaten them in the Scottish Junior Cup, the Luncarty club protested Sharpe's inclusion, claiming that his reinstatement as a junior was faulty because he had never previously played as such, having moved directly from juvenile football to a senior club. The Scottish Junior Football Association concurred.[8]
Sharpe moved on to Raith Rovers of Scottish League Division One, for whom he appeared for the reserves[9] but only once in a League match.[3] He became one of several Scots recruited in the 1952 close season by Bob Gurney for English Third Division North club Darlington.[10] He played 14 League matches in the 1952–53 season, and then moved into non-league football with Blackhall Colliery Welfare.[3]
He settled in Darlington, County Durham, where he worked at a garage and as a taxi driver[11] and continued to attend Darlington F.C.'s matches.[12] He was married to Jean and had a son. He died in February 2014.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 491. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
- 1 2 "Deaths: Robert (Bob) Sharpe". The Northern Echo (Darlington). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Bob Sharpe". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Cup-tie stuff at Kirkcaldy". The Courier (Dundee). 24 September 1945. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "75 seniors wanted to come back". The Courier (Dundee). 24 July 1947. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ 'Fifer' (19 December 1949). "Cup dates for Fife big three". The Courier (Dundee). p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "No 'wrecks' in Rosyth's ranks". Evening Telegraph (Dundee). 25 March 1950. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Luncarty win protest". The Courier (Dundee). 8 February 1951. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Raith changes". The Courier (Dundee). 28 September 1951. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Bob signs Scots". Motherwell Times. 11 July 1952. p. 13 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Amos, Mike (13 March 2014). "Robson's choice". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Amos, Mike (29 January 2008). "The day Greener's Darlington made FA Cup clowns of Chelsea". The Northern Echo (Darlington). Retrieved 10 October 2014.