Robert James Johnson (27 March 1905 – 1987) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who scored 15 goals from 39 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

playing as a

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or outside right for

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

and

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

. He also played in Ireland for Derry City, was on the books of

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

, without playing for them in the League, and played

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for clubs including Ushaw Moor, Moor Ends Thorne, Firbeck Colliery, Spennymoor United, Thorne Colliery, Eden Colliery and Walker Celtic.

References

1905 births 1987 deaths Footballers from Chester-le-Street English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ushaw Moor F.C. players Firbeck Main F.C. players Spennymoor United A.F.C. players Southport F.C. players Derry City F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Walker Celtic F.C. players Thorne Colliery F.C. players Eden Colliery Welfare F.C. players English Football League players Place of death missing Date of death missing 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub