Scottish footballer
Bert Johnston|
Full name |
Robert Johnston |
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Date of birth |
2 June 1909 |
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Place of birth |
Falkirk, Scotland |
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Date of death |
27 September 1968(1968-09-27) (aged 59) |
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Place of death |
Sunderland, England |
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Position(s) |
Centre half |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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– |
Alva Albion Rangers |
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1929–1939 |
Sunderland |
146 |
(0) |
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1937 |
Scotland |
1 |
(0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Johnston (2 June 1909 – 27 September 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and Scotland as a central defender.[1]
Johnston made his debut for Sunderland on 25 April 1931 against West Ham United in a 3–0 win at Upton Park.[2] He joined Sunderland aged just 20 from the Scottish Junior leagues and found it hard to break into the team, though he played more regularly after others left.[3] Johnston played for Sunderland from 1929 until 1939 making 146 league appearances, without scoring a goal.[4] While on a squad tour to Spain in the summer of 1935, Johnston suffered from an attack of malaria;[5] he recovered to play a part in the club's Football League title-winning campaign in the 1935–36 season, as well as the 1936 FA Charity Shield[6] and the FA Cup victory at Wembley in 1937. Although his playing career was curtailed by the Second World War, he worked as a coach for Sunderland between 1951 and 1957.[3]
Johnston represented Scotland once, in a 5–0 victory against Czechoslovakia in 1937.[7]
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