Bobby Carroll

For other people called Robert Carroll, see Robert Carroll (disambiguation).
Bobby Carroll
Personal information
Full name Robert Carroll
Date of birth (1938-05-13)13 May 1938
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 11 May 2016(2016-05-11) (aged 77)
Playing position Outside Right
Youth career
1957–1959 Irvine Meadow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Celtic 61 (21)
1963–1965 St Mirren 55 (19)
1965–1967 Dundee United 2 (0)
1967 Coleraine
1968 Queen of the South 12 (6)
Total 130 (46)

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


Robert "Bobby" Carroll (13 May 1938 – 11 May 2016) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, St Mirren, Dundee United, Coleraine and Queen of the South. He was Celtic's first ever goalscorer in European competition.

Playing career

Carroll provisionally signed for Celtic on 22 September 1957 from Irvine Meadow XI FC, however he was left with Irvine Meadow for season 1958/59, during which he scored 75 goals resulting in him being voted Junior Player of the Year in 1959. On 15 May 1959, Bobby received his trophy at the George Cinema in Bank Street from the Provost George Donaldson and won the Scottish Junior Cup on 16 May 1959. He was subsequently called into the Celtic first team as one of the so-called 'Kelly's Kids', after the then Celtic Chairman Bob Kelly, where he made is debut in a 2-1 League Cup defeat at home against Partick Thistle on 12 August 1959.

On 26 September 1962, Bobby was part of the Celtic team that travelled to Valencia's Mestalla Stadium for the first leg of an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie (this competition being a predecessor of the current UEFA Europa League). Valencia were holders of the cup and won the tie 4-2, with Bobby scoring both of the Celtic goals, making him the first Celtic player to score a goal in European competition.[1][2][3]

Carroll signed for St Mirren in 1963 remaining there until 1965. In the league he featured in 55 games in which he scored 19 goals. In 1965-66 he played a couple of league games for Dundee United.

He joined Coleraine in Ireland in 1966-67. He then in the same season had a spell at Queen of the South. In his 12 league games at Queens he chalked up six goals. From the Dumfries side left senior football by returning to Irvine Meadow.

Carroll died on 11 May 2016, two days before what would have been his 78th birthday.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Where are they now?". Celtic View, Vol. 48, Issue 13, pp. 44-47. 3 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "The man who bagged Celtic's first Euro Goal". East Kilbride News p76. 3 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 European moments for Celtic FC". thomsonsport.com. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Death of former Celt, Bobby Carroll". Celtic FC. 11 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bobby Carroll, the scorer of Celtic's first European goal, dies aged 77". Sky Sports. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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