Bob McPhail

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Bob McPhail
Full name	Robert Lowe McPhail
Date of birth	October 25, 1905
Place of birth	Barrhead, Scotland
Date of death	August 24, 2000 (aged 94)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
19??-1927 1927-1940	Airdrieonians Rangers
National team²
1927-1937	Scotland	17 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 07. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 07. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert Lowe "Bob" McPhail (25 October 1905 - 24 August 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Airdrieonians and Rangers.

Born in Barrhead, Bob McPhail started his career at Glasgow Junior side Pollok, before signing for Airdrie, where at 18 he helped them to a Scottish Cup triumph in 1924. He was signed by Rangers in 1927 for a then substantial fee of £5,000. He went on to become one of the most prolific strikers ever to play for the club, scoring 261 goals in 408 appearances.

He made his first appearance for Rangers on August 13, 1927 in a 3-2 win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie. He netted his first goals on September 3, 1927, a double in a 5-1 win over St Johnstone at Ibrox. Rangers won both the League title and the Scottish Cup in McPhail's first season with the club and McPhail scored a total of 23 goals in 42 appearances, including a goal in the 4-0 win over Celtic in the Scottish Cup final.

McPhail continued to be an important member of Rangers' team in what was a highly successful period for the club. During McPhail's 12 years at Ibrox, he won 9 League championship's and 6 Scottish Cup's - a record number of Scottish Cup wins for a Rangers player and a record shared with former Celtic stars Jimmy McMenemy and Billy McNeill.

He scored a total of 230 League goals for the club, a record which stood for over 50 years before being broken by Ally McCoist in 1997.

McPhail also had a successful Scotland career, winning 17 caps and scoring 7 goals, most notably a double in a 3-1 win over England at Hampden on 17 April 1937 in front of a Hampden record crowd of 149,415.

McPhail died in August 2000, two months before what would have been his 95th birthday. He was the last surviving member of the great Rangers team of the late 1920s early 1930s.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	September 19, 1931	Ibrox Park, Glasgow	Ireland	3-1	3-1	BHC
2	September 12, 1932	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	2-0	4-0	BHC
3	September 12, 1932	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	3-0	4-0	BHC
4	September 16, 1933	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Ireland	1-2	1-2	BHC
5	April 17, 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	2-1	3-1	BHC
6	April 17, 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	3-1	3-1	BHC
7	May 22, 1937	Stadion Sparta-Letna, Prague	Czechoslovakia	2-1	3-1	Friendly