John Tait Robertson
| John Tait Robertson | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | January 25, 1877 | |
| place of birth | Dumbarton , Scotland | |
| date of death | February 24, 1935 | |
| Place of death | Wiltshire , England | |
| size | 173 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Greenock Morton | ||
| 1895-1898 | Everton FC | 26 (1) |
| 1898-1899 | Southampton FC | 19 (0) |
| 1899-1905 | Glasgow Rangers | 102 (18) |
| 1905-1906 | Chelsea FC | 36 (4) |
| 1907-1909 | Glossop | 45 (10) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1898-1905 | Scotland | 16 (3) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1905-1906 | Chelsea FC | |
| 1907-1909 | Glossop | |
| 1909-1910 | Manchester United (Reserve) | |
| 1911-1913 | MTK Budapest | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
John Tait Robertson (born January 25, 1877 in Dumbarton , Scotland , † February 24, 1935 in Wiltshire , England ) was a Scottish football player and coach .
Robertson, who played in defense, had short stays at Everton and Southampton FC early in his career before making his breakthrough with Glasgow Rangers . With the club he was Scottish champions three times in a row and made the leap into the Scottish national team . In 16 games between 1898 and 1905 he scored three goals, all against Wales , three times he led the national team as captain on the field.
In 1905 Robertson moved to England and became the first full-time coach of the newly founded Chelsea FC as a player-coach . He even scored the club's first goal in a competitive match when he scored the decisive goal of the 1-0 win over Blackpool FC . Although he had given the club a decent success as third in the Second Division , Robertson left the club after only a year, which may have something to do with his reputation as an avid swallowing woodpecker.
He was then a player-coach at Glossop until 1909 . Then Robertson was coach of the reserve team of Manchester United . Between 1911 and 1913 Robertson coached the Hungarian club MTK Budapest .
After a long illness, he died on January 24, 1935 at the age of 57 in Wiltshire in south-west England. He was buried in the Rutherglen Cemetery in Glasgow in the presence of numerous old companions.
Web links
- John Tait Robertson in the database of weltfussball.de
- International match details on scottishfa.co.uk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robertson, John Tait |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dumbarton , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1935 |
| Place of death | Wiltshire , England |