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{{short description|Scottish association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bob Morton
| fullname = Robert Muir Morton<ref name="QPFC" />
| image= Queens park fc 191718 (R Morton).jpg
| caption= Morton in 1917
| birth_date = 25 February 1891
| birth_place = [[Renfrew]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|12|04|1891|02|25|df=y}}<ref name="FindAGrave" />
| death_place = [[Cathcart]], Scotland<ref name="FindAGrave" />
| position = [[Centre forward]]
| years1 = 1912–1920
| clubs1 = [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
| caps1 = 134
| goals1 = 82
}}
'''Robert Muir Morton''' (25 February 1891 – 4 December 1948) was a Scottish amateur [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] and scored 82 goals in 134 [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] appearances for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]].<ref name="QPFC">{{Cite web |title=Morton, Robert Muir |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/m/mortonrm.htm |access-date=30 October 2017 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Morton's younger brother [[Alan Morton|Alan]] also became a footballer and the pair were teammates for six seasons at [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]].<ref name="FindAGrave">{{Cite web |title=Robert Muir Morton (1891–1948) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123408102/robert-muir-morton |access-date=7 December 2020 |website=Find A Grave |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cairney |first=John |title=A Scottish Football Hall of Fame |date=15 April 2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-78057-059-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Morton, Alan Lauder |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/m/mortonal.htm |access-date=7 December 2020 |website=QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014222/http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/m/mortonal.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]
|[[1912–13 in Scottish football|1912–13]]<ref name="QPFC" />
| rowspan="7" |[[Scottish Football League Division One|Scottish First Division]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|-
|[[1913–14 in Scottish football|1913–14]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|31
|22
|5
|4
|1<ref name="GC" group="lower-alpha">Appearance in [[Glasgow Cup]]</ref>
|2
|37
|28
|-
|[[1915–16 in Scottish football|1915–16]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|31
|15
| colspan="2" |—
|2<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]]</ref>
|0
|33
|15
|-
|[[1916–17 in Scottish football|1916–17]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|12
|5
| colspan="2" |—
|2<ref group="lower-alpha">1 appearance in [[Glasgow Cup]], 1 appearance in [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]]</ref>
|0
|14
|5
|-
|[[1917–18 in Scottish football|1917–18]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|19
|15
| colspan="2" |—
|3<ref group="lower-alpha">1 appearance in [[Glasgow Cup]], 1 appearance in [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]], 1 appearance in [[Navy and Army War Fund Shield]]</ref>
|0
|22
|15
|-
|[[1918–19 in Scottish football|1918–19]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|26
|21
| colspan="2" |—
|5<ref group="lower-alpha">2 appearances and 1 goal in [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]], 2 appearances in [[1919 Victory Cup|Victory Cup]], 1 appearance and 1 goal in [[Glasgow Cup]]</ref>
|2
|31
|23
|-
|[[1919–20 in Scottish football|1919–20]]<ref name="QPFC" />
|14
|4
|3
|1
|1<ref name="GC" group="lower-alpha" />
|0
|18
|5
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!134
!82
!8
!5
!14
!4
!155
!91
|}
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==References==
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[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. players]]
[[Category:1948 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football fullbacks]]
[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Renfrew]]
[[Category:Footballers from Glasgow]]
[[Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen]]
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