Bob Young (Scottish footballer)

Bob Young

Personal information
Full name	Robert Miller Young[1]
Date of birth	1886
Place of birth	Auchterarder, Scotland
Date of death	1970 (aged 83)[1]
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1921	Queen's Park	127	(1)
1917–1918	→ Clyde (loan)	1	(0)
1918–1919	→ Motherwell (loan)	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Miller Young (1886–1970) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[2] He captained the club and after his retirement as a player was a member of the committee and acted as Honorary Treasurer.[1] Young also played for Motherwell and Clyde.[3]

Personal life

Young was the older brother of footballer John Young.[4] Prior to the First World War, he worked as an iron merchant's clerk.[1] After Britain's entry into the war in August 1914, Young enlisted as a private in the Highland Light Infantry and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in late 1915.[1][5] Young was shot in the knee in 1917 and evacuated to a hospital in London,[1] but the injury did not prevent him from returning to football before the end of the year.[2] He moved to Manchester in 1929.[1]

References

1. McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 1" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
2. "Young, Robert M". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
3. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
4. McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – Update On Some Of The 236 Queen's Park Men Now Known To Have Served As At January 2020" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
5. Bob Young on Lives of the First World War