About Bob Connelly
Lived 1901 – 1943 (aged 41–42). Bob Connelly was an association football player.
Robert J. Connelly was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half for Port Vale between August 1921 and May 1932. He made 337 league and cup appearances, and helped the club to win the Third Division North title in 1929–30.
Career Port Vale Connelly started his career with Townhead Hibernians and later Shettleston Juniors, before joining Port Vale in August 1921. He scored his first senior goal in a 5–2 defeat by Bury at Gigg Lane on 8 October, before bagging a brace in a 5–2 win in the reverse fixture at the Old Recreation Ground seven days later.
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Bob Connelly was born in 1901 in Glasgow.
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Bob Connelly died on 21 October 1943.
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Bob Connelly was an association football player.
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