Andrew Brown Raisbeck (10 April 1881 – 23 October 1958) was a Scottish professional

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of the early 1900s who played for clubs including Hibernian and

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

Career

Born in

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(then in

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) but raised in a mining community near

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, Raisback began his football career as a teenager with

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, alongside elder brothers

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(later of

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and

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

) and

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(later captain of

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and

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). In 1900 he followed the route into the professional level taken by Alex and joined Hibernian, making 11

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appearances for the side which finished 3rd in the table. The following year he joined

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but did not make a league appearance, spending the end of the campaign with

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in England. Ultimately, however, he next signed for Liverpool where his brother Alex was already an established player. He spent two years with the

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club but never appeared for the first team. In 1904, he transferred to the newly formed

. They did not play in official competitions in their first year, but their many friendlies included a home meeting with Liverpool which the visitors won 6–2. Over the next two campaigns in the

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, Raisbeck made 47 league appearances and scored 5 goals, including one in a 4–0 victory over

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Personal life

In 1907, Raisbeck decided to leave Hull City and emigrate to a new life in Canada, accompanied by many of his family members including his footballing brother Bill. He died in 1958 in

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. In addition to the three brothers, their cousin Luke Raisbeck was also a footballer who played for several clubs including

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raisbeck, Andrew 1881 births 1958 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Cambuslang Footballers from Falkirk (council area) Larkhall Thistle F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish emigrants to Canada