Bobby Rooney

Bobby Rooney
Personal information
Full name Robert Rooney[1]
Date of birth (1938-07-08)8 July 1938[1]
Place of birth Cowie, Stirling,[1] Scotland
Date of death 9 August 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 78)
Place of death Portsmouth, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
–1958 Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Sheffield United 14 (3)
1962–1963 Doncaster Rovers 5 (1)
1963–1964 Lincoln City 28 (3)
– Gainsborough Trinity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Rooney (8 July 1938 – 9 August 2016) was a Scottish footballer, who made 47 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City. He played as a winger.[2]

Rooney was born in Cowie, Stirling,[1] and began his football career with Clydebank Juniors in his native Scotland before joining English Second Division club Sheffield United in 1958.[2] He played occasionally in his first two seasons with the club, but not thereafter.[3] In the 1962–63 season, he was registered with three clubs: Sheffield United transferred him to Doncaster Rovers for a £5,000 fee in October 1962,[4] but exchanged him for Lincoln City's Albert Broadbent soon afterwards.[5] Rooney made his Lincoln debut in January 1963,[1] yet at the end of the season, Lincoln confirmed that he was one of four players available for transfer.[6] He made his last Lincoln appearance in December 1963[1] before moving into English non-league football with Gainsborough Trinity.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bobby Rooney". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Bobby Rooney". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Club: Sheffield Utd". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2013. (registration required)
  4. ^ "Bobby Rooney". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Albert Broadbent". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Four on offer". Daily Mirror. 13 June 1963. p. 27.


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