Robert Wilson was a Scottish

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who played for

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

, mainly as a

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. He featured prominently for the ''Jags'' for four seasons, making 116 appearances in all competitionsPlayers W-Z
Partick Thistle History Archive including the Glasgow Cup final of 1911,Association Football. The Rangers' Victory.
The Glasgow Herald, 9 October 1911 but very little is noted of any career thereafter – it was suggested that he joined Chelsea in 1913, but there is no record of him playing for the West London club in any official competitions. Wilson was selected twice for the Scottish Football League XI, both against the Irish League XI in 1910 and 1911.(SFL player) Harry Wilson
London Hearts Supporters Club Harry Wilson was a Partick Thistle player of the same era but he had left the club by 1909 before Robert played for the SFL.">Harry Wilson (Scottish footballer)">Harry Wilson was a Partick Thistle player of the same era but he had left the club by 1909 before Robert played for the SFL./ref>

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Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Scottish Junior Football Association players Maryhill F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players 20th-century deaths {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-stub