Robert 'Rab' Shannon (born 20 April 1966 in
Bellshill
Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...
) is a Scottish former
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Playing career
Shannon, who played for a number of Scottish clubs but spent around half his career with
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
. He also spent a season with the
Newcastle Breakers
Newcastle Breakers FC are a defunct Australian football (soccer) club. Formed out of elements of the Newcastle Austral club, they participated in the National Soccer League from season 1991/1992, until their dissolution in 1999/2000. The club fare ...
in the Australian
National Soccer League
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.
Management career
He managed
East Fife between 1999 and 2000.
See also
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Dundee United FC Season 1995-96
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Dundee United FC Season 1996-97
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Bellshill
Scottish footballers
Association football defenders
Dundee F.C. players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Dundee United F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. players
East Fife F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Scottish football managers
East Fife F.C. managers
National Soccer League (Australia) players
Scotland under-21 international footballers
Scottish Football League managers
Newcastle Breakers FC players
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Scottish expatriate footballers
Expatriate soccer players in Australia
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