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Rabbie Beveridge
Personal information
Full name Robert Beveridge [1]
Date of birth 24 June 1877 [1]
Place of birth Polmadie, Scotland [1]
Date of death 11 October 1901(1901-10-11) (aged 24) [1]
Place of death Gorbals, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1894–1895 Maryhill Harp
1895–1899 Third Lanark 58 (22)
1899–1900 Nottingham Forest 32 (5)
1900–1901 Everton 4 (0)
Total 94 (27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Beveridge (24 June 1877 – 11 October 1901) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Everton and Nottingham Forest. [2] [3]

He came into consideration for an international cap at the age of 20 while with Third Lanark, taking part in one of the trial matches in 1898, [4] but this did not lead on to selection for Scotland. He died of phthisis pulmonalis ( tuberculosis) aged 24. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rabbie Beveridge at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN  1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  4. ^ International Trial Matches At Glasgow, The Scotsman, 7 March 1898, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople