Robert Wilson (1890 – November 1918) was an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who played in the Scottish League for Hibernian as an outside right. He was a part of the ''Hibs'' team which reached the

1914 Scottish Cup Final The 1913–14 Scottish Cup was the 41st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football (soccer), football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic F.C., Celtic who defeated Hibernian F.C., Hibernian in the replayed final.

Personal life

Wilson enlisted in the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and died in November 1918.

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* 1890 births Date of birth missing Soccer players from Chicago Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Men's association football outside forwards Hibernian F.C. players Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I American emigrants to Scotland American expatriate men's soccer players American men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland 1918 deaths Date of death unknown British military personnel killed in World War I {{US-footy-forward-stub