Appearances:
70 |
Starts:
70 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
6 |
Games per Goal:
11.67 |
Assists:
Goal Involvements:
Player #133
Source: 1902-03 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1902-03 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
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Forward
1898-99
1902-03
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Bobby Templeton
Bobby Templeton
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Season
1898-99 | 1899-00 | 1900-01 | 1901-02 | 1902-03 |
Age
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad #
Appearances
1 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 11 |
Starts
1 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 11 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Assists
Bookings
Red Cards
Games / Goals
Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1898-99 | 1899-00 | 1900-01 | 1901-02 | 1902-03 |
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Robert Bryson Templeton
Birth Date
29 March 1880
Birth Place
Coylton, South Ayrshire
Birth Country
Scotland
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Citizenship
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Irvine Heatherall
Westmount Juveniles
Kilmarnock Roslyn
Neilston Victoria
Kilmarnock Rugby XV
Transfer in
Aged
19
From
Kilmarnock Rugby XV
For
£250
On
1898
Under
George Ramsay
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
23
Newcastle United
To
For
£400
On
1903
Under
George Ramsay
Subsequent Clubs
Newcastle United
Retired
Died
2 November 1919, Aged 39
Villa Career
1899-03 £250, 70 | 6 | #133 |
Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
70
0
Goals
6
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1898-99
1 April 1899
Sunderland (a), Division One
19
No Substitutes in Period
25 November 1899
Appearances
Goals
70
6
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1902-03
1 January 1903
Sheffield Wednesday (a), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
22
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
1898-99 League Champions |
1899-00 League Champions |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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Scotland
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Bobby Templeton
Source: 1902-03 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1902-03 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Player #135 for Aston Villa, Robert Bryson Templeton, known as Bobby Templeton played as a midfielder for the club in a position then known as wing half.
Bobby represented Villa between 1898-99 and 1902-03.
Bobby was born in Coylton, Scotland on 29 March 1880 and made his debut for the club as a 19 year old on the 1st April 1899.
Villa had signed Bobby from Kilmarnock Rugby XV for £250 and he went on to appear 70 time for the club.
During his time with the Villa, Bobby won 2 League titles in 1898-99 & 1899-00.
The Villa News and Record of 1st September 1906 paid tribute to Bobby:
“Quite a genius on his day, playing a winning game to perfection. His best efforts came in brilliant intermittent flashes, but he could not always be relied upon to produce his highest form. Speedy and clever, he delighted in showing his tricks against weaker defenders. In big games he was invariably dangerous, possessing as he did the capacity for pulling a match ‘out of the fire’ at the most unexpected moments. Free and open-handed, he might take the game more seriously with advantage.”
“For quite a long time after going to the Villa he held his place as the most popular man in the side amongst the crowd. He had shown sufficient of his best form to make the weekly spectator long for more … Given the humour and the opportunity he would set the crowd in a roar. His cleverness prompted him to the most audacious limits of trickery, and not satisfied with beating his man once, and even twice, he must needs return a third time to the fray often [it seemed] for mere self-gratification and self-glorification. By-and-by, a reaction set in. The crowd wanted goals; the club needed consistency.” Although Sir Fred Wall (FA President to 1934) considered Bobby to have been one of the finest players he had ever seen, Bobby’s inconsistent play led him to leaving the Villa. The Scottish international went on to serve Newcastle - paying Villa £400 for his services - then Woolwich Arsenal, and subsequently returned to his native Scotland to play for Glasgow Rangers.“
Bobby’s final appearance had come for Villa on 1st January 1903.
Bobby played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Bobby passed away in Kilmarnock on 2nd November 1919 aged just 39.