Bob McPhail

Bob McPhail

Personal information
Full name	Robert Lowe McPhail
Date of birth	(1905-10-25)25 October 1905
Place of birth	Barrhead, Scotland
Date of death
Position(s)	Inside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1923-1927	Airdrieonians		(75)
1927-1940	Rangers	354	(230)
International career
1927-1937	Scotland	17	(7)
1926-1936	Scottish League XI	6	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Lowe "Bob" McPhail (25 October 1905 – 24 August 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Airdrieonians, Rangers and represented Scotland.

Career

Born in Barrhead, McPhail started his career at Glasgow Junior side Pollok. He signed for Airdrie, where he helped them to a Scottish Cup triumph in 1924, aged 18. He formed a potent partnership with Hughie Gallacher.

McPhail was signed by Rangers in 1927 for a then substantial fee of £5,000 and went on to become one of the most prolific strikers ever to play for the club, scoring 261 goals in 408 appearances. He made his first appearance for Rangers on 13 August 1927 in a 3-2 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie. He netted his first goals on 3 September 1927, a double in a 5-1 win over St Johnstone at Ibrox. Rangers won both the League title and the Scottish Cup in McPhail's first season with the club and McPhail scored a total of 23 goals in 42 appearances, including a goal in the 4-0 win over Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final.

McPhail continued to be an important member of Rangers' team in what was a highly successful period for the club. During McPhail's 12 years at Ibrox, he won 9 League championships and 6 Scottish Cups - a joint record number of Scottish Cup wins for a Rangers player (Dougie Gray also won 6) and a record shared with former Celtic stars Jimmy McMenemy and Billy McNeill. He scored a total of 230 League goals 354 League Apps for the club, a record which stood for over 50 years before being broken by Ally McCoist in 1997.

McPhail also had a successful Scotland career, winning 17 caps and scoring 7 goals, most notably a double in a 3-1 win over England at Hampden on 17 April 1937 in front of a Hampden record crowd of 149,415. He also represented the Scottish League XI.

McPhail died in August 2000. He was the last surviving member of the Rangers team of the late 1920s early 1930s.

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 September 1931	Ibrox Park, Glasgow	Ireland	3-1	3-1	BHC
2	12 September 1932	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	2-0	4-0	BHC
3	12 September 1932	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	3-0	4-0	BHC
4	16 September 1933	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Ireland	1-2	1-2	BHC
5	17 April 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	2-1	3-1	BHC
6	17 April 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	3-1	3-1	BHC
7	22 May 1937	Stadion Sparta-Letna, Prague	Czechoslovakia	2-1	3-1	Friendly

External links

• Bob McPhail at scottishfa.co.uk
• International stats at Londonhearts.com