Robert Smellie (22 December 1867 – 14 October 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical,Smellie, Robert (1903), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank Queen's Park,Name: Smellie, Robert J., QPFC.com Motherwell, St Bernard's, CorinthianScottish Corinthians , Andrew Watson: Corinthian and Scotland, as a left back.Walter Arnott, Iain Campbell Whittle, Scots Football Worldwide He was a Scottish Cup winner with Queen's Park in 1890 and 1893. He was later the Queen's Park club president; away from football he was an auctioneer in the farming industry, working in a family business which continued into the 21st century.Our History, LS Smellie & Sons
His career has sometimes erroneously includedRobert Smellie, TheStatCat details of another player of the same name who played in the same position for Annbank, Sunderland and Walsall Town Swifts in the mid-1890s, possibly based on the fact that as an amateur he was able to move fairly freely between different clubs. However, that did not apply to professional Football League clubs in England, and evidence such as both men playing matches for different clubs on the same dayScottish Cup. Annbank v. Hurlford—Final Ayrshire Cup. The Glasgow Herald, 15 February 1892 shows them to be separate people.Sunderland AFC - The Absolute Record - The Players. Rob Mason. Twocan, 2022,
See also List of Queen's Park F.C. international players List of Scotland national football team captains
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Scotland profile, London Hearts Supporters Club