Robert Crossan Morrison (16 February 1933 – 1999) was a Scottish

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who played mainly as an

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Career

Morrison began his senior career with Falkirk, impressing sufficiently in a 'trial' match between the club and a Scotland XI in late 1954 to be selected for the ' Scotland B' team against the same opponents a few months later alongside several ''Bairns'' colleagues, although this did not lead on to a full international

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. In January 1957, he transferred to defending Scottish champions Rangers in a swap deal with

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, and made a strong start at Ibrox with a goal on his debut in an

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won the replay), then scored six times in five league matches as the ''Gers'' clinched the 1956–57 Scottish Division One title – despite his input, it is unclear if Morrison received a winner's medal due to the low number of matches he played. At the end of the season he was in the side that won the

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, scoring in the final.Rangers Win Charity Cup After Poor Match
The Glasgow Herald, 7 May 1957 However, he only featured in one

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tie in the following campaign. In the summer of 1958, he was released on a free transfer by Rangers and joined

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, but was also unable to break into the first team at the

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and appeared in only one Football League match in his single season with Forest (during which they won the

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), then moved on to

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where he began to play regularly again, albeit in the fourth tier of English football. In 1961 he switched to Coleraine of Northern Ireland for a year before returning to Scotland with part-timers Stenhousemuir.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Bobby Scottish men's footballers 1933 births Date of death missing 1999 deaths Workington A.F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Men's association football inside forwards Stenhousemuir F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Dalry Thistle F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Footballers from North Lanarkshire Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players Coleraine F.C. players English Football League players NIFL Premiership players