Player #105

Appearances:

4

Starts:

4

Goals:

3

Seasons:

1

Bob Gordon
Bob Gordon

Source: 1895-96 Arsenal Team Portrait.

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Bob Gordon

Position

Centre Forward

From

1894-95

To

1894-95

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Bob Gordon

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Seasons

1894-95

Age*

24

Division

D1

Appearances

4
4

Starts

4
4

Substitute

0
0

Unused

0
0

Goals

3
3

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

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Robert Gordon

Birth Date

July 1870

Birth Place

Leith, Edinburgh

Birth Country

Scotland

Villa Youth

n/a

From

Transfer in

Heart of Midlothian

From

For

Free

On

Unknown

Previous Clubs

1888-89 Edinburgh Thistle |
1889-90 Leith Rovers |
1890-91 Leith Athletic |
1891-92 Heart of Midlothian |
1892-93 Middlesbrough Ironopolis |
1893-94 Heart of Midlothian |

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

To

Leicester Fosse

For

Free

On

1894

Subsequent Clubs

1894-95 Leicester Fosse |
1895-96 Woolwich Arsenal |
1896 Reading |
1897 Forfar Athletic |
1898 St Bernard’s FC |

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Villa Career

Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |

1894 Free, 4 | 3 |

STARTS

SUBS

GOALS

Played Under

George Ramsay led Management Committee

First Squad Appearance

Saturday, 1 September 1894

Debut Appearance

Saturday, 1 September 1894

Small Heath (h), Division One

DEBUT

First Goal

Saturday, 1 September 1894

Final Appearance

Monday, 22 October 1894

Sheffield United (a), Division One

FINAL

Final Squad Appearance

Monday, 22 October 1894

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

​

Foot

​

International Team

Not selected

Died

1938, Aged 68

Bob Gordon

Player #105 for Aston Villa, Robert Gordon, known as Bob Gordon, played as a centre forward for the club.

Bob represented Villa 4 times in the 1894-95 season.

Bob was born in Leith, Scotland, in July 1870 and made his debut for the club as a 24 year old on 1st September 1894.

Villa had signed Bob from Heart of Midlothian however Bob wasn’t selected to feature in Villa’s victorious 1894-95 FA Cup run and made all his four appearances in Villa’s league campaign finishing 3rd after the previous season’s title win.

Bob moved on to Leicester Fosse after the 1894-95 season.

Bob had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Bob passed away in Scotland in 1938 aged 68.