Robert Reid (born 15 May 1887) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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for Heart of Midlothian (where he took part in the

1907 Scottish Cup Final The 1906–07 Scottish Cup was the 34th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic when they beat Heart of Midlothian 3–0 in the final.Leith Athletic Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in the East of Scotland Football League, Conference A. First team matches are played at Peffermill 3G. The present club considers itse ...

, Cowdenbeath,

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

, Huddersfield Town and Southend United. He served with the

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

during

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, and was awarded the Italian Bronze Medal of Military Valor after the conflict ended.Football in the Great War (contemporary newspaper scan)
Great War Forum, 10 February 2007

References

Military personnel from Midlothian 1887 births Year of death unknown Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Midlothian Men's association football defenders English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Southend United F.C. players 1998 deaths Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Newtongrange Star F.C. players Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers Leith Athletic F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor Scottish soldiers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1880s-stub