Bob McIntyre (soccer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bob McIntyre (soccer)

Scottish footballer

Date of Birth: 15-May-1904

Place of Birth: Cambuslang, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1998

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Bob McIntyre (soccer)

  • Robert "Bob" McIntyre (15 May 1904 – 18 February 1998) was a Scottish-American soccer center forward who spent two years in the American Soccer League, leading the league in scoring during the spring 1931 season.
  • He was born in Cambuslang, Scotland. McIntyre began playing soccer in Scotland with Renfrew Juniors.
  • In 1923, he moved to the United States, settling in Boston.
  • When he arrived, he joined the amateur Lusitania Recreation club.
  • In 1930, he signed with the professional Pawtucket Rangers of the American Soccer League.
  • He had an immediate impact, scoring twenty-three goals in thirty-one games in the fall 1930 season.
  • That was good enough to take second in the league scoring table.
  • In the spring of 1931, he played only eighteen games, but again scored twenty-three goals, taking the league scoring title.
  • That fall, he added another fifteen goals in sixteen games.In 1939, a Bob McIntyre is listed as playing in the second American Soccer League, but this may be a different McIntyre as there were three Bob McIntyre's playing during the last few seasons on the first ASL.

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