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Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth

Robert Blyth
Personal information
Full name Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth
Date of birth 2 June 1900
Place of birth    Muirkirk, Scotland
Date of death    1956
Place of death    Southwark, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Forward
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1921-1922
1922-1923
1924-1925
Portsmouth
Southampton
Boston Wonder Workers
8 0(2)
8 0(0)
2 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Robert Roberts Taylor Blyth (2 June 1900 - 1956) was a Scottish professional footballer in the 1920s.

He was born in Muirkirk Scotland - his father was the Portsmouth player Bob Blyth, who went on to manage Portsmouth from 1901 to 1904 and his cousins included Bill Shankly and Bob Shankly.

He made eight appearances for Portsmouth in the 1921-22 season before joining Southampton in January 1922. He again only made eight appearances for the "Saints", replacing Charlie Brown, before leaving the club for a brief football career in the United States. In 1924, he signed with the Boston Wonder Workers of the American Soccer League, but saw time in only two games