Bob Crompton

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playername = Bob Crompton


fullname = Robert Crompton
dateofbirth = 26 September 1879
cityofbirth = Blackburn
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = Death date and age|1941|3|16|1879|9|26|df=yes
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position = Full-back
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years = 1896–1920
clubs = Blackburn Rovers
→ Blackpool (guest)
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nationalyears = 1902–1914
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 41 (0)
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Robert "Bob" Crompton (26 September 1879 - 16 March 1941) was a Blackburn Rovers and England football player. He captained England 22 times between 1903 and 1914 and was capped 41 times.

Born in Blackburn, Crompton spent his entire career at full-back for Blackburn Rovers, playing 528 games between 1896 and 1920. He won the league twice as captain of the team in 1912 and 1914. In the 1915-16 season he played for Blackpool in the regional leagues set up by the Football League during World War 1 where he was made club captain.cite book
last = Wolstenholme
first = Gerry
title = The Khaki Years, Blackpool Football Club The World War I Seasons 1915/16 - 1918/19
publisher = Blackpool Programme and Memorabilia Collectors Club
date = May, 2008
location = Blackpool
pages = 1-5
url = http://www.blackpool-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDX1&id=386516
isbn = ]

He later went on to manage Blackburn between 1926 and 1930, leading them to the FA Cup victory over Huddersfield Town in 1928. Crompton then returned as manager in the late 1930s to guide them to the Second Division championship.

Crompton died in 1941 while still in charge of his hometown club, thus ending a fifty-year association with Rovers.

ee also

*List of one-club men

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