Bob Norris (footballer)

Bob Norris
Personal information
Full name Robert Norris
Date of birth (1875-03-12)12 March 1875
Place of birth Preston, England
Date of death 1940, aged ~65
Playing position Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1896−1898 Blackpool 53 (0)
1898–1904 Nottingham Forest
1904–1905 Doncaster Rovers 21 (3)
1905–190? Nottingham Forest
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Bob Norris (12 March 1875 − 1940)[1] was an English footballer who played as a left half with Blackpool, Nottingham Forest and Doncaster Rovers in the Football League.

Club career

Blackpool

Norris appeared in Blackpool's first game in the Football League, a 3–1 defeat, on 5 September 1896, at Lincoln City's Sincil Bank.[2]

Nottingham Forest

He moved to Nottingham Forest for the beginning of the 1898–99 season.[3]

Doncaster Rovers

Signed by Doncaster Rovers in 1904 Norris went on to make 23 Football League and FA Cup appearances.[1]

Nottingham Forest

After Doncaster were relegated back to the Midland League at the end of the 1904–05 season, Norris returned to Nottingham Forest, going on a tour of Argentina and Uruguay where they won all 8 games.[4][5]

Altogether, he made 146 appearances for Forest over his 6 year stay there.[6]

International career

On 31 March 1900, Norris played for a representative English League XI against a Scottish XI at Crystal Palace. He scored an own goal in the 90th minute, giving the Scots the equaliser to draw the match.[7]

Personal life

Norris had a son, Eric Norris, and a grandson Bob Norris, who both also played for Nottingham Forest.[6][8]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978 0 9569848 3 8.
  2. 1 2 3 Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
  3. 1 2 3 4 LFChistory.net. "Opposition player career stats for Bob Norris - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sensational Nottingham Forest 1905". gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.co.uk.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Wright, Don (15 August 2015). "Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds". Amberley Publishing Limited – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "One of Forest's oldest fans dies". 3 November 2008.
  7. 1 2 3 4 kjehan (31 March 1900). "English League v Scottish League 2-2 (Inter League: March 31, 1900)".
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Norris, Bob – Half of the Gingerbreads' Deadly Duo - Grantham Matters". 21 July 2014.
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