Bob McCartney

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{similar names|Robert McCartney (disambiguation){{!}}Robert McCartney}}

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| name= Bob McCartney

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| position= Defender

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| years1= 1890–1895

| clubs1= Leith Athletic

| caps1= 73 | goals1= 1

| years2= 1895–1899

|clubs2= Heart of Midlothian

| caps2= 54 | goals2= 0

|years3= 1899–1901

|clubs3= Leith Athletic

| caps3=  21| goals3= 0

| years4= –

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| totalcaps = 148

| totalgoals = 1

|nationalyears1= 1898

|nationalteam1= Scottish League XI

|nationalcaps1= 1

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Robert McCartney was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. He began and ended his senior career with Leith Athletic,{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} spending his prime years at Heart of Midlothian{{cite web|url=https://londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h00345.html|title=[Hearts player] Bob McCartney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=19 January 2021}} where he won the Scottish Cup in 1896[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13058031.from-the-archive-looking-back-at-the-last-hearts-v-hibs-cup-final/ From the archive: looking back at the last Hearts v Hibs Cup Final], The Herald, 15 May 2012 and the Scottish Football League championship in 1896–97, playing in all but one of the 18 fixtures; he also claimed two winner's medals each from the minor Rosebery Charity Cup (to add to one from his first spell at Leith)[https://playupliverpool.com/1891/06/27/leith-athletic-v-hearts-3-2-rosebery-charity-cup-final-june-27-1891/ Leith Athletic v Hearts 3-2 (Rosebery Charity Cup Final: June 27 1891)], Play Up Liverpool and East of Scotland Shield.

McCartney was selected once for the Scottish League XI in January 1898.{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/bobmccartney.html|title=[SFL player] Bob McCartney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=19 January 2021}}[https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/mccartney-bob-image-leith-1895/ McCartney Bob Image 1 Leith Athletic 1895], Vintage Footballers