Bob Crumley

Bob Crumley

Personal information
Full name	Robert Walker Crumley
Birth name	Robert Walker Brymer[1]
Date of birth	20 May 1876
Place of birth	Lochee, Scotland
Date of death	27 January 1949(1949-01-27) (aged 72)[2]
Place of death	Dundee, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1899–1902	Dundee Victoria
1902–1903	Lochee United
1903–1907	Newcastle United	4	(0)
1907–1911	Dundee	131	(0)
1911–1912	Darlington
1912–1913	Dundee	0	(0)
1913–1914	Arbroath	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Walker Crumley (20 May 1876 – 27 January 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 130 appearances in the Scottish League for Dundee as a goalkeeper.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Crumley's younger brother James was also a goalkeeper.[6] After service with the Gordon Highlanders during the Second Boer War,[7] Crumley served as a sergeant in the Black Watch during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front and at Salonika.[8] He ended the war in the Labour Corps.[7] Crumley received a war pension for malaria and rheumatism.[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1904–05[9]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1905–06[9]	First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	4	0
Dundee	1906–07[4]	Scottish First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1907–08[4]	Scottish First Division	34	0	4	0	38	0
	1908–09[4]	Scottish First Division	33	0	3	0	36	0
	1909–10[4]	Scottish First Division	31	0	10	0	41	0
	1910–11[4]	Scottish First Division	31	0	4	0	35	0
	Total		131	0	21	0	152	0
Career total			135	0	21	0	156	0

1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

Honours

Dundee

• Scottish Cup: 1909–10[10]

References

1. "Statutory registers – Births – Search results [entry mis-spelled as Bremner]". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
2. "Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 71. ISBN 978-1905891610.
4. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
5. "Bob Crumley | Player Statistics". Arbroath Archive. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
6. "J. Crumley signs for Dundee Hibs". The Courier. Dundee. 12 September 1911. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Robert Walker Brymer Crumley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
8. "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
9. "Bob Crumley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
10. "1910 – Scottish Cup". Dundee Football Club – Official Website. Retrieved 27 October 2019.