Robert Orrock

Robert Abbie Orrock (25 May 1885 – 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender.

Robert Orrock

Personal information
Full name	Robert Abbie Orrock
Date of birth	25 May 1885
Place of birth	Kinghorn, Scotland
Date of death	1969 (aged 83–84)
Place of death	Coatbridge, Scotland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Kinghorn Thistle[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Forth Rangers
1906–1908	East Stirlingshire	41	(4)
1908–1917	Falkirk	195	(1)
1917–1919	St Mirren	37	(0)
1919–1923	Alloa Athletic	65	(0)
1919–1920	→ East Stirlingshire (loan)	0	(0)
1923–1925	East Stirlingshire	37	(0)
Total		375	(5)
National team
1913	Scotland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Kinghorn, Fife, Orrock played club football for East Stirlingshire (two spells), Falkirk, St Mirren and Alloa Athletic.[3][4][5] He won the Scottish Cup with Falkirk in 1913 during a nine-year spell at the club,[1][6] and made one appearance for Scotland in 1913;[1] a decade later he was a guest member of Third Lanark'a squad which toured South America.[7][8]

References

1. Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 236.
2. Pen Pic - Robert Orrock - East Stirlingshire FC, Falkirk Football Historian, 15 June 2016
3. Robert Orrock, Falkirk Football Historian, 9 March 2013
4. Orrock Bobby Image 1 Falkirk 1913, Vintage Footballers
5. Willie Millar transferred to Alloa Athletic, Dundee Courier, 30 July 1919, via Play Up Liverpool
6. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
8. Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786