Robert Blyth

Infobox Football biography
playername = Robert Blyth


fullname = Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth
dateofbirth = birth date|1900|06|2|df=y
cityofbirth = Muirkirk
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = 1956
cityofdeath = Southwark
countryofdeath = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
position = Forward
youthyears =
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years = 1921–1922
1922–1923
1924–1925
clubs = Portsmouth
Southampton
Boston Wonder Workers
caps(goals) = 8 0(2)
8 0(0)
2 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
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Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth (2 June 1900 – 1956) was a Scottish professional footballer in the 1920s.

He was born in Muirkirk Scotland - his father was the Portsmouth player Bob Blyth, who went on to manage Portsmouth from 1901 to 1904 and his cousins included Bill Shankly and Bob Shankly.

He made eight appearances for Portsmouth in the 1921–22 season [cite book | author=Dave Juson & others | title=Saints v Pompey - A history of unrelenting rivalry| publisher=Hagiology | year=2004|pages=p.221| id=ISBN 0-9534474-5-6] before joining Southampton in January 1922. He again only made eight appearances for the "Saints", replacing Charlie Brown, [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages = pp. 36-37| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] before leaving the club for a brief football career in the United States. In 1924, he signed with the Boston Wonder Workers of the American Soccer League, but saw time in only two games. [cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) ]

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