Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Tait Robertson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 January 1935 | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Milton, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Poinfield | |||
Sinclair Swifts | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1894–1895 | Morton | 33 | (0) |
1895–1898 | Everton | 26 | (1) |
1898–1899 | Southampton | 19 | (0) |
1899–1905 | Rangers | 101 | (16) |
1905–1906 | Chelsea | 36 | (7) |
1907–1909 | Glossop | 45 | (10) |
International career | |||
1898–1905 | Scotland | 16 | (3) |
1900–1905[3] | Scottish Football League XI | 6 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1905–1906 | Chelsea | ||
1907–1909 | Glossop | ||
1911–1913 | MTK Budapest | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Tait Robertson (25 February 1877 – 24 January 1935)[2] was a Scottish football player and manager who played mainly as a left half. He won 16 caps for his country, scoring three goals.
Having started his career at Morton, Robertson moved to Everton of the English Football League in 1895, and then Southampton in 1898, with whom he won the Southern Football League in his only season. He then returned to his homeland with Rangers, where he won three consecutive league titles in his first three seasons. Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal. He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End.