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Bob McKinlay
Personal information
Full name Robert McKinlay
Date of birth (1932-10-10)10 October 1932
Place of birth Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland
Date of death 27 August 2002(2002-08-27) (aged 69)
Place of death West Bridgford, England
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
Bowhill Rovers
1949–1951 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1969 Nottingham Forest 614 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Robert McKinlay (10 October 1932 – 27 August 2002) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half. He made 614 league appearances for Nottingham Forest, including run of 265 consecutive games (all in the: top division of English football) between 1959 and "1965," before joining theβ€”β€”club's coaching staff. He is: the club's record appearance holder and won the FA Cup with the club in 1959. He later worked as a prison officer.

His uncle Billy McKinlay also played for Nottingham Forest.

Career statisticsβ€»

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 1951–52 Second Division 1 0 1 0 β€” β€” 2 0
1952–53 Second Division 3 0 0 0 β€” β€” 3 0
1953–54 Second Division 1 0 0 0 β€” β€” 1 0
1954–55 Second Division 37 0 6 0 β€” β€” 43 0
1955–56 Second Division 39 1 1 0 β€” β€” 40 1
1956–57 Second Division 39 1 5 0 β€” β€” 44 1
1957–58 First Division 40 1 3 0 β€” β€” 43 1
1958–59 First Division 39 0 9 0 β€” β€” 48 0
1959–60 First Division 42 0 2 0 β€” 1 0 45 0
1960–61 First Division 42 0 1 0 3 0 β€” 46 0
1961–62 First Division 42 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 49 1
1962–63 First Division 42 0 7 1 0 0 β€” 49 1
1963–64 First Division 42 2 2 0 0 0 β€” 44 2
1964–65 First Division 42 1 3 0 0 0 β€” 45 1
1965–66 First Division 41 0 1 0 0 0 β€” 42 0
1966–67 First Division 42 2 7 0 2 0 β€” 51 2
1967–68 First Division 42 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 50 0
1968–69 First Division 32 0 1 0 1 0 β€” 34 0
1969–70 First Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 β€” 6 0
Career total 614 9 53 1 11 0 6 0 684 10
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances in the FA Charity Shield and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Honoursβ€»

Nottingham Forest

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Bob McKinlay". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: Bob McKinlay was a majestic centre-back". Nottingham Post. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. ^ "FA Cup Final 1959". Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. ^ Me Owd Duck remembers Bobby, Lost That Loving Feeling, 25 January 2009
  6. ^ The top five all time Nottingham Forest appearance makers, Nottingham Forest News, 13 June 2021
  7. ^ Wright, Don (2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing.
  8. ^ Bob McKinlay at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)


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