# Bobby Steel

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**Robert Loudon Steel** (25 June 1888 – 1972) was a professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played for clubs including [Greenock Morton](/source/Greenock_Morton_F.C.), [Port Glasgow Athletic](/source/Port_Glasgow_Athletic_F.C.),[2] [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) and [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.).[1][3]

## Career

Steel joined Tottenham Hotspur in 1908 from Port Glasgow (along with [Willie Bulloch](/source/Willie_Bulloch), who soon returned to Scotland)[4] and played mainly in the [inside left](/source/Inside_left) position, although he was versatile and willing to fill in several roles, including in defence.[5] He featured in 245 games and scored 45 goals in all competitions[6] (but not counting unofficial fixtures during [World War I](/source/World_War_I)) before joining [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham_F.C.) at the end the conflict – featuring in the [1919–20 Southern Football League](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League)[7] – and later becoming a [referee](/source/Referee_(association_football)).[5]

### International

While at Tottenham, he was selected for the annual [Home Scots v Anglo-Scots](/source/Home_Scots_v_Anglo-Scots) trial match in 1909[8] but never played for [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) at full international level.[3]

## Personal life

His brothers [Danny](/source/Danny_Steel) and [Alex](/source/Alex_Steel) were also footballers, with Danny also having a significant spell at Tottenham Hotspur and Alex spending time with [FC Barcelona](/source/FC_Barcelona); the three siblings played together in one [Football League](/source/Football_League) fixture against [Bradford City](/source/Bradford_City_A.F.C.) in January 1910.[9][10]

## References

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). *Football League Players' Records*. soccerdata. p. 248. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.

1. ["Port Glasgow Athletic Player Robert Steel Details"](http://www.fitbastats.com/portglasgow/player.php?playerid=157). *www.fitbastats.com*. Retrieved 2016-11-27.

1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.

1. [Bobby Steel - fact file](http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_steel_bobby.htm), My Eyes Have Seen The Glory

1. [The Spurs Alphabet](https://books.google.com/books?id=AOqcDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Danny+Steel&pg=PA406), Bob Goodwin; Lulu.com, 2017; ISBN 9780954043421

1. [A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players](http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html) 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 January 2009

1. [Bob Steel](http://gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk/DisplayPlayer.php?playername=Steel,Bob), Gillingham FC Scrapbook

1. [Football. | Home Scots, 3; Anglo-Scots, 1.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P9VAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2949%2C2643875), The Glasgow Herald, 23 March 1909

1. [Tottenham On This Day: Three Brothers Play In The Same Spurs Team](https://hotspurhq.com/2014/01/29/tottenham-day-three-brothers-play-spurs-team/), Logan Holmes, Fansided, 29 January 2014

1. [Hotspur Towers - Spurs Steel](http://www.indiaspurs.com/blog/hotspur-towers-spurs-steel), Keith Harrison, India Spurs, 28 January 2016

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