Bob Balmer

{{Short description|English footballer (1882–?)}} {{one source|date=December 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Bob Balmer |image = |caption = |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1882|1|1|df=y}}<ref name=Everton/> |birth_place = Liverpool,<ref name=Everton/> England |death_date = |death_place = |height = |position = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Everton |years1 = 1903–1912 |clubs1 = Everton |caps1 = 165 |goals1 = 0 |totalcaps = 165 |totalgoals = 0 }} '''Robert Balmer''' (born 1 January 1882) was an English professional footballer who played for Everton between 1903 and 1912.<ref name="Everton">{{cite web |title=Robert Balmer |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/players/r/rb/robert-balmer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628090009/https://www.evertonfc.com/players/r/rb/robert-balmer |archive-date=June 28, 2019 |accessdate=4 April 2019 |publisher=Everton F.C.}}</ref> His brother Billy and nephew Jack were also professional footballers.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

In the 1903–04 season Balmer scored an own goal, the final goal of an FA Cup game, allowing Tottenham Hotspur to progress to the next round.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tottenham Hotspur Official Handbook 2018–2019 |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur |year=2019 |page=93}}</ref>

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