Bob McDougall (1894–1936) was a Scottish professional

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, who played for St Cuthbert Wanderers, Dumfries,

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Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

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 Queen of the South.

Career

McDougall, who was from

Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright ( ; sco, Kirkcoubrie; gd, Cille Chùithbeirt) is a town, parish and a Royal Burgh from 1455 in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which it is traditionally the county town, within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town lies southwest of C ...

, began playing his football career with local side St Cuthbert Wanderers. McDougall then played for Dumfries at their Eastfield ground."The Queens" by Iain McCartney on Creedon Publications, 2004 He then went to

for whom he played in the 1913/14 FA Cup. He also played 7 league games scoring on his debut. After

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, McDougall gave service to

and

. He then returned to South West Scotland to play for the recently formed professional team in

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...

, Queen of the South. At Queens in 1922–23 McDougall played alongside Joe Dodds in the last season when Queens played in a regional set up. Queens were unbeaten in winning the Western League that season. With

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also having joined them Bob McDougall was with Queen of the South

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the

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in 1923–24 at its lowest level, the newly created Scottish Third Division, finishing a respectable third and winning the Scottish Qualifying Cup. After leaving Queen of the South, McDougall returned to St Cuthbert Wanderers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McDougall, Bob Men's association football forwards Scottish men's footballers St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Sportspeople from Kirkcudbright 1936 deaths Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway 1894 births