{{Short description|Scottish athlete}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Bob Cockburn | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = Edinburgh Southern Harriers | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''Robert B. Cockburn''' is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
== Biography == Cockburn was a member of the Edinburgh Southern Harriers (ESH)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19570515/325/0012 |title=Three Ground Records at Fernieside |work=Edinburgh Evening News |p=12 |date=15 May 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2025}}</ref> and a Scottish international. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003741/19590718/015/0015 |title=This is a feast of sport |work=Daily Record |p=15 |date=18 July 1959 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
In 1956 he returned to the ESH club after three years absence from Edinburgh<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19560629/381/0013 |title=University retain Dispatch trophy |work=Edinburgh Evening News |p=13 |date=29 June 1956|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> and in 1958 he won the East of Scotland championship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19580602/205/0009 |title=University retain Dispatch trophy |work=The Scotsman |p=9 |date=2 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
At the 1958 Scottish AAA Championships, he finished runner-up to Gavin Carragher in the 220 yards final.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19580623/208/0010 |title=Standards good, but few will win Cardiff medals |work=The Scotsman |p=10 |date=2 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19580623/209/0010 |title=Scots athletes for Cardiff |work=The Scotsman |date=23 June 1958 |p=10 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthsport.com/nations/scotland |title=Scotland |website=Commonwealth Sport |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> participating in two events, the 100 yards and the 220 yards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3034/56/all |title=Scotland Cardiff 1958 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
Cockburn later became an athletics coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/55724-2/ |title=Unsung hero . . . learn more about Alex MacEwen, Edinburgh AC coach |date=6 June 2020 |website=Scottish Athletics |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
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