David Stewart Robertson (26 October 1900 – 7 August 1985) was a Scottish-American

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er who played in Scotland and in the American Soccer League. A full back, he earned one

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with the

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Biography

Robertson was born in

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

, Scotland. After emigrating, he lived in New York and New Jersey, where he had two sons. He worked as a design engineer and moved to

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, where he became a U.S. citizen in 1942.

Club career

Scotland

Robertson played for Dreghorn Juniors before making his debut in senior football for home town club

Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club, commonly known as Killie, is a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. The team is currently managed by Derek McInnes, who was appointed in January 2022. The club has achieve ...

in the

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. Robertson then went to

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 ...

side

Queen of the South F.C. Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club formed in 1919 in Dumfries. The club plays in Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. They are traditionally nicknamed the '' Doonhamers'' but are mor ...

on loan for whom he played eight games from August to October 1922.

United States

In 1922, Robertson moved to the United States where he played with

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of the American Soccer League from 1922 to 1930. Another ex Queen of the South player joined him at Wanderers around the same time, Bobby Curtis. In Robertson's time Wanderers played in the one off

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played for between US and Canadian clubs in the Summer and Autumn of 1926. Wanderers won the competition. Their best ASL season finish in Robertson's time were a 3rd in 1924/25 and a 2nd in 1928/29.

National team

He earned one

with the U.S. national team in a 6-1 victory over

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on November 8, 1925. The game was played in Brooklyn with

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scoring five goals.USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969

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* 1900 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Kilmarnock Scottish footballers American soccer players Association football defenders Kilmarnock F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Brooklyn Wanderers players Scottish Football League players American Soccer League (1921–1933) players United States men's international soccer players Scottish expatriate footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States {{Scotland-footy-defender-1900s-stub