Bobby Rooney

Bobby Rooney
Personal information
Full name Robert Rooney[1]
Date of birth (1938-07-08) 8 July 1938[1]
Place of birth Cowie, Stirling,[1] Scotland
Date of death 9 August 2016
Place of death Portsmouth. While on holiday from his home in Spain.
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
195?–1958 Clydebank
1958–1962 Sheffield United 14 (3)
1962–1963 Doncaster Rovers 5 (1)
1963–1964 Lincoln City 28 (3)
– Gainsborough Trinity

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert Rooney (born 8 July 1938), known as Bob or Bobby Rooney, is a Scottish former footballer who made 47 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers and Lincoln City. He played as a winger.[2]

Rooney was born in Cowie, Stirling,[1] and began his football career with Clydebank in his native Scotland before joining English Second Division club Sheffield United in 1958.[2] He played occasionally in his first two seasons with the club, but not thereafter.[3] In the 1962–63 season, he was registered with three different clubs: Sheffield United transferred him to Doncaster Rovers for a £5,000 fee in October 1962,[4] but exchanged him for Lincoln City's Albert Broadbent soon afterwards.[5] Rooney made his Lincoln debut in January 1963,[1] yet at the end of the season, Lincoln confirmed that he was one of four players available for transfer.[6] He made his last Lincoln appearance in December 1963[1] before moving into English non-league football with Gainsborough Trinity.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bobby Rooney". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bobby Rooney". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Club: Sheffield Utd". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2013. (registration required)
  4. ↑ "Bobby Rooney". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Albert Broadbent". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Four on offer". Daily Mirror. 13 June 1963. p. 27.


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