Bob Gregg (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername= Bob Gregg
fullname = Robert Paton Gregg
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date|1899|7|14
cityofbirth = Darvel
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|1955|11|4|1899|7|14
cityofdeath = Ipswich
countryofdeath = England
height =
position = Fullback
youthyears =
youthclubs = Christian Brothers College
years = 1921-1923
1923-1924
1924-1925
1925-1926
1926
1926-1927
1927
1928
1928-1929
1929-1930
1930-1931
1931-1935
1935-1936
clubs = Irvine Meadow
Kilmarnock
Galston
Nithsdale Wanderers
Galston
Philadelphia Field Club
New Bedford Whalers
Providence Clamdiggers
Carpenters
Holley Carburetor
Bricklayers
Stix, Baer and Fuller
→ St. Louis Central Breweries
caps(goals) =
29 (0)
02 (0)
02 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate =
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Robert “Bob” Gregg (born July 14, 1899 in Darvel, Scotland; died November 4, 1955 in Ipswich, England) was Scottish football fullback who played professionally in Scotland and the United States, including the American Soccer League and St. Louis Soccer League.

Youth

Gregg grew up playing football with an eye to turning professional. World War I intervened before he could do so and he enlisted in the Royal Scots Regiment as a private on March 2, 1917.

Professional

In September 1921, Gregg signed his first professional contract with Irvine Meadow F.C. in the Ayreshire First Division. In August 1923, he transferred to Kilmarnock F.C. in the Scottish Football League. In July 1924, he moved to Galston F.C. and in July 1925 to Nithsdale Wanderers F.C., both of the newly established Third Division. In April 1926, he reruned to Galston. He was there for only a month before signing with the Philadelphia Field Club of the American Soccer League (ASL). He left Scotland in June for his first season in the United States. Philadelphia left the league at the end of the season and Gregg moved to the New Bedford Whalers. This was an unproductive season as Gregg saw time in only two games with the Whalers before being sent to the Providence Clamdiggers where he again played 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) ] Following the 1927-1928 season, Gregg left the ASL and moved west to sign with the Carpenters S.C. in Chicago, Illinois. He then moved to Holley Carburetor for the 1929-1930 season before returning to Chicago to sign with Bricklayers F.C. Bricklayers went to the final of the 1931 National Challenge Cup, falling to the Fall River Marksmen. Gregg scored the Bricklayers lone goal in its 1-1 tie with Fall River in the second game. In 1931, Gregg moved south to sign with Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C. of the St. Louis Soccer League. Gregg finally found a home in St. Louis, spending the next four seasons there SBF went to the 1932 and 1933 and 1934 National Challenge Cups, winning the last two. However, Gregg suffered from frequent injuries and did not play in SBF’s championship games. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usacuphist.html USA - List of US Open Cup Finals] ] In 1935, the Stix, Baer and Fuller department store dropped their sponsorship of the team, to be replaced by Central Breweries. As a result, the team was renamed St. Louis Central Breweries F.C.. In 1936, Gregg left Central Breweries, St. Louis and the United States to return to Scotland. At some point, he moved to England, dying in Ipswich in 1955.

External links

* [http://www.gregg1.freeserve.co.uk/R1-Na5.htm Gregg Family Archives]

References