Robert Harvey (born 23 May 1955)Opposition player Bobby Harvey, London Hearts Supporters Club is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Clyde during the 1970s, making 72 appearances (13 goals) in the Scottish Football League. He had played in an under-18 Schoolboy international for Scotland while a pupil at Holy Cross High School in HamiltonWee Scots in dour battle Evening Times, 13 May 1973 (via Partick Thistle History Archive) and later played at Junior level for Bellshill Athletic after leaving Clyde.Clyde: 1946/47 - 2013/14 , Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
After retiring from playing, Harvey retained an interest in football. A supporter of Celtic raised in Rutherglen, he had a biography of Bobby Murdoch – from the same town and considered one of its finest sporting products, as well as one of the club's best ever players – published in 2010.Books - Bobby Murdoch: The Bhoy from Rutherglen (2010), The Celtic Wiki Harvey also published a website inviting other residents of the town to nominate 'Rutherglen's Greatest Player' (Murdoch won the vote)Home, Rutherglen's Greatest Player and compiled the 15,000 responses in another book published in 2012.Book details greatest footballers to come from Rutherglen, Daily Record, 29 August 2012 He also became a leading volunteer and contributor for the local Football Memories groupsHow old Celtic photos trigger so many powerful memories, The Celtic Star, 18 June 2018 (an initiative to use sporting recollections to help combat dementia,About the project, Football Memories a condition which afflicted his mother), and has helped to publicise the sport of walking football in the Glasgow area.Alzheimer Scotland creates walking football league, Alzheimer Scotland, 27 June 2019
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