Bobby Drummond

Robert B. "Bobby" Drummond was an early twentieth-century Scottish association football inside forward who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League.

Bobby Drummond
Personal information
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Arbroath
1922–1923 Fall River Marksmen 8 (3)
1923–1927 J&P Coats 106 (35)
1927 Fall River Marksmen 2 (1)
1927 Newark Skeeters 8 (2)
1927–1928 J&P Coats 21 (3)
1928–1929 New Bedford Whalers 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Drummond may have begun his career with Arbroath F.C. in his native Scotland. In 1923, he played a handful of games with the Fall River Marksmen at the end of the 1922–23 American Soccer League season. In September 1923, he moved to J&P Coats.[1]

His best season came in 1924-25 when he scored eighteen goals in forty-two league games, putting him ninth on the league scoring table.[2] His production quickly tapered off. During the 1925-26 season, he scored eleven goals (ten league and one cup) in thirty-two games (twenty-eight league and four cup games).[3] This led to J&P Coats sending him to back to the Marksmen during the 1926-1927 season.

He played only two games in Fall River before moving to the Newark Skeeters for the end of the season. He began the 1927-28 season in Newark, but again moved, this time back to J&P Coats during the season.

In 1928, he joined the New Bedford Whalers where he played only four games over two seasons.

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4.

References
  1. FINE TALENT IN SOCCER LEAGUE: Close Race is Predicted in American Organization Which Gets Under Way
  2. "The Year in American Soccer - 1925". Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  3. "The Year in American Soccer - 1926". Archived from the original on 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
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