Robert Barr was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, mainly for Third Lanark, making over 300 appearances for the Glasgow club in all competitions over 13 years.(Third Lanark player) Barr, Robert, FitbaStats
Career Having joined the Warriors from a spell in the ArmyBarr Robert Image 2 Third Lanark 1905, Vintage FootballersSt. Johnstone's team – notes on players, Dundee Evening Post, 3 October 1901, via Play Up Liverpool where he had risen to the rank of captain in the Black Watch,Famous Players. Robert Barr, 3rd L.R.V. The Scottish Referee, 7 April 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club Barr won the Scottish Football League championship in 1903–04, playing in 24 of the 26 fixtures,One Hit Wonders: Third Lanark (Scotland), 1903-04, Soccer Stories, 13 January 2014Scotland 1903/04, RSSSF, 21 October 2001 and played in two consecutive Scottish Cup finals – a win over Rangers in 1905 via a replayFootball. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905A 15ct gold and blue enamel medal, the obverse inscribed Scottish Football Association, Christie's Auctioneers, 1998 and a loss to Heart of Midlothian in 1906.
In the first few years of his career between 1897 and 1901, he also won the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup twiceThird Lanark v Glasgow Rangers 1-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: Mat 14, 1898), Play Up LiverpoolThird Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final replay: May 23, 1901), Play Up Liverpool and was a beaten finalist on a further occasion,Glasgow Rangers v Third Lanark 6-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: May 15, 1897), Play Up Liverpool then claimed two winner's medals in the Glasgow Cup medalsThird Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 25, 1902), Play Up LiverpoolFootball. Glasgow Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 30 November 1903Medals, Third Lanark AC 1872 - 1967 and was a runner-up twiceGlasgow Cup Final, The Scotsman, 9 October 1905, via London Hearts Supporters ClubGlasgow Cup Final, The Scotsman, 8 October 1906, via London Hearts Supporters Club in the space of five years between 1902 and 1907. A benefit match against Queen's Park was played in 1906."A Soldier and a Man". The Scottish Referee, 21 May 1906. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
Despite his success at club level, Barr's sole representative appearance was for the Glasgow FA in their annual challenge match against Sheffield in October 1906. He had stiff competition for international recognition in his position from the likes of Nicol Smith, Tom Jackson, Donald McLeod and Andrew McCombie.
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