Robert Crossan Morrison (16 February 1933 – 1999) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an inside right.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Crossan Morrison | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Chapelhall, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1999 (aged 65–66) | ||
| Place of death | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chapelhall Hearts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Dalry Thistle | ||
| 1951–1957 | Falkirk | 57 | (16) |
| 1957–1958 | Rangers | 5 | (6) |
| 1958–1959 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | (0) |
| 1959–1961 | Workington | 53 | (20) |
| 1961–1962 | Coleraine | ||
| 1962–1964 | Stenhousemuir | 57 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1955[1] | Scotland B vs A trial | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editMorrison began his senior career with Falkirk, impressing sufficiently in a 'trial' match between the club and a Scotland XI in late 1954[4][5] to be selected for the 'Scotland B' team against the same opponents a few months later alongside several Bairns colleagues,[6] although this did not lead on to a full international cap.
In January 1957, he transferred to defending Scottish champions Rangers in a swap deal with Derek Grierson, and made a strong start at Ibrox with a goal on his debut in an Old Firm Scottish Cup tie (a 4–4 draw; Celtic won the replay), then scored six times in five league matches as the Gers clinched the 1956–57 Scottish Division One title[7] – despite his input, it is unclear if Morrison received a winner's medal due to the low number of matches he played. At the end of the season he was in the side that won the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, scoring in the final.[8] However, he only featured in one League Cup tie in the following campaign.
In the summer of 1958, he was released on a free transfer by Rangers and joined Nottingham Forest, but was also unable to break into the first team at the City Ground and appeared in only one Football League match in his single season with Forest (during which they won the FA Cup), then moved on to Workington where he began to play regularly again, albeit in the fourth tier of English football. In 1961 he switched to Coleraine of Northern Ireland for a year before returning to Scotland with part-timers Stenhousemuir.
References
edit- ^ Easter Road game should not have been played, Glasgow Herald (page 4), 22 February 1955
- ^ Bobby Morrison at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Bobby Morrison, Doing The 92
- ^ Falkirk hold Scotland XI, Glasgow Herald, 1 December 1954
- ^ Truly a night to remember, Falkirk Herald, 25 November 2004 (archived version, 2019)
- ^ Nostalgia- The international Bairns of Scotland, Falkirk Herald, 23 August 2020, via The World News
- ^ (Rangers player) Morrison, Bobby, FitbaStats
- ^ Rangers Win Charity Cup After Poor Match, The Glasgow Herald, 7 May 1957