Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Hugh McNicol [a] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 February 1933||
Place of birth | Cumbernauld, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 25 April 1980[1] | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Tenerife, [1] Spain | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
Vale of Leven Academy FP | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Vale of Leven | |||
1953–1956 | Stirling Albion | 56 | (1) |
1956–1959 | Accrington Stanley | 134 | (5) |
1959–1962 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 93 | (0) |
1962–1963 | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
1963–1964 | Carlisle United | 1 | (0) |
1964–19?? | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Hugh McNicol [a] (13 February 1933 – 25 April 1980) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back. He made 56 Scottish League appearances for Stirling Albion and 228 in the English Football League playing for Accrington Stanley, Brighton & Hove Albion and Carlisle United. [1] [3]
McNicol was born in 1933 in Cumbernauld, Scotland, [2] and attended Vale of Leven Academy. [4] He went on to train as a carpenter and played football for his school's Former Pupils team, from where he joined junior club Vale of Leven. He was a member of their team that won the 1952–53 Scottish Junior Cup; [5] [6] the match programme described him as "a strong, resolute defender who has a senior future if desired". [4] His senior future began forthwith: he joined Stirling Albion for the 1953–54 Division One season, and made 56 appearances in the top flight while completing his National Service obligations with the RAF. [3] [2]
After three years, McNicol moved to England to join Accrington Stanley of the Third Division North. He made 147 consecutive appearances in league and cups, a run ended when he broke a toe while playing in goal. [2] He signed for Third Division club Brighton & Hove Albion in June 1956, but despite making 99 appearances in all competitions, he failed to settle, twice submitted transfer requests, and was eventually allowed to leave on a free transfer in July 1962. He helped Gravesend & Northfleet of the Southern League reach the fourth round of the 1962–63 FA Cup, in which they were eliminated by Sunderland only after a replay. He attempted a return to the Football League with Carlisle United, but appeared only once, and ended his football career with Stalybridge Celtic. [2]
He became a newsagent, and later worked in the family haulage business. [2] In 1980, McNicol and members of his family died in the Dan-Air Flight 1008 crash in Tenerife. [5] [2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Hugh McNicol [a] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 13 February 1933||
Place of birth | Cumbernauld, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 25 April 1980[1] | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Tenerife, [1] Spain | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
Vale of Leven Academy FP | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Vale of Leven | |||
1953–1956 | Stirling Albion | 56 | (1) |
1956–1959 | Accrington Stanley | 134 | (5) |
1959–1962 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 93 | (0) |
1962–1963 | Gravesend & Northfleet | ||
1963–1964 | Carlisle United | 1 | (0) |
1964–19?? | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Hugh McNicol [a] (13 February 1933 – 25 April 1980) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back. He made 56 Scottish League appearances for Stirling Albion and 228 in the English Football League playing for Accrington Stanley, Brighton & Hove Albion and Carlisle United. [1] [3]
McNicol was born in 1933 in Cumbernauld, Scotland, [2] and attended Vale of Leven Academy. [4] He went on to train as a carpenter and played football for his school's Former Pupils team, from where he joined junior club Vale of Leven. He was a member of their team that won the 1952–53 Scottish Junior Cup; [5] [6] the match programme described him as "a strong, resolute defender who has a senior future if desired". [4] His senior future began forthwith: he joined Stirling Albion for the 1953–54 Division One season, and made 56 appearances in the top flight while completing his National Service obligations with the RAF. [3] [2]
After three years, McNicol moved to England to join Accrington Stanley of the Third Division North. He made 147 consecutive appearances in league and cups, a run ended when he broke a toe while playing in goal. [2] He signed for Third Division club Brighton & Hove Albion in June 1956, but despite making 99 appearances in all competitions, he failed to settle, twice submitted transfer requests, and was eventually allowed to leave on a free transfer in July 1962. He helped Gravesend & Northfleet of the Southern League reach the fourth round of the 1962–63 FA Cup, in which they were eliminated by Sunderland only after a replay. He attempted a return to the Football League with Carlisle United, but appeared only once, and ended his football career with Stalybridge Celtic. [2]
He became a newsagent, and later worked in the family haulage business. [2] In 1980, McNicol and members of his family died in the Dan-Air Flight 1008 crash in Tenerife. [5] [2]