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Bob Stormont
Personal information
Full name Robert Stormont[1]
Date of birth 12 April 1872
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 5 March 1943(1943-03-05) (aged 70)[2]
Place of death Leven, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) Half back, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893 Johnstone Wanderers
1893–1896 Preston North End 9 (0)
1896–1897 Dundee 8 (0)
1897–1901 Tottenham Hotspur 86 (8)
1901–1902 Brentford 22 (1)
0000–1909 Maidstone United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Stormont (12 April 1872 – 5 March 1943) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back or inside forward for a number of clubs in the English, Scottish and Southern leagues.

Career

A half back or inside forward, Stormont transferred from Johnstone Wanderers to Football League First Division club Preston North End in 1893.[1] He made just 9 league appearances in three years at Deepdale and transferred to hometown Scottish First Division club Dundee in May 1896.[1][3][4] He made just eight appearances during the 1896–97 season,[5] before returning to England and finding a home with Southern League First Division club Tottenham Hotspur.[3] Over the course of four seasons at White Hart Lane, Stormont made 232 appearances in all competitions and scored 24 goals.[3] He was a member of the 1899–1900 Southern League First Division title-winning squad and he played in the first round of the club's victorious 1900–01 FA Cup campaign.[6] Following the 1901–02 Southern League season, which he played with First Division club Brentford,[7] Stormont became a referee.[3] He later made a return to playing with Maidstone United, before retiring due to injury in 1909.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee 1896–97[5] Scottish League First Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
Tottenham Hotspur 1897–98[6] Southern League First Division 22 2 2 1 24 3
1898–99[6] 21 0 10 0 31 0
1899–1900[6] 22 1 1 0 23 1
1900–01[6] 21 5 1 0 22 5
Total 86 8 14 1 100 9
Brentford 1901–02[7] Southern League First Division 22 1 3 0 25 1
Career total 110 9 17 1 127 10

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Robert Stormont". Find A Grave. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 410. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  4. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. ^ a b "Tom Stormont | Player Statistics | Dundee". Dee Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Robert Stormont". 11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 356. ISBN 0951526200.


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