Robert Cairns (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Lynn Cairns | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Choppington, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 January 1958 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Bedlington, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1948 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1948–1957 | Gateshead | 139 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Lynn "Bobby" Cairns (25 December 1927 – 4 January 1958) was an English footballer who played as a full-back.
Cairns began his football career as an amateur with Sunderland before joining Gateshead in 1948. He made 139 appearances in the Football League Third Division North and 10 appearances in the FA Cup before leaving the club in 1957.
Cairns died in an industrial accident in 1958. He was working as a joiner at the West Sleekburn Colliery when a cage fell from a hoist on him, killing him.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joiner killed in cage fall". Sunday Sun. 5 January 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
Sources
[edit]- Robert Cairns at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- "Robert Cairns". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- Robert Cairns at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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Categories:
- 1927 births
- 1958 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Gateshead F.C. players
- English Football League players
- People from Choppington
- Footballers from Northumberland
- Industrial accident deaths
- Accidental deaths in England
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1920s birth stubs