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Robert Owen Evans (August 1881 – 8 March 1962) was a Welsh international professional footballer who won ten caps for his country and made 107 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham. He played as a goalkeeper. ==Career== Evans was born in Wrexham. He played local football before joining Wrexham F.C. in 1898. Wrexham were champions of The Combination for three successive seasons, from 1900–01 to 1902–03, and Evans played in two Welsh Cup finals for the club, on the losing side in 1902 but victorious in 1903.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welsh Cup Final 1901/02 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welsh Cup Final 1902/03 )〕 His performances for Wrexham and for his country earned him a move to the Football League when First Division club Blackburn Rovers paid a fee of £150 for his services in April 1903.〔 He spent five seasons at Blackburn, playing 104 league games.〔 He then moved into the Southern League, spending the 1908–09 season with Croydon Common, for whom he played 8 games in the Western League, 12 in the United League and 31 in the South-Eastern League as well as 12 in the Southern League, and then four years with Coventry City. He returned to the Football League with Birmingham,〔 played the first three games of the 1913–14 season, conceded nine goals, and relinquished the starting place to Bert Crossthwaite.〔Matthews, p. 160.〕 Evans finished off his playing career at non-league club Nuneaton Town.〔 Evans made his debut for the Wales national football team while a Wrexham player, on 22 February 1902 in a 3–0 defeat against Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welsh International Matches 22 February 1902 )〕 He won ten caps in total,〔 of which the last five came in 1911 and 1912 while a Coventry City player.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welsh International Matches 28 January 1911 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welsh International Matches 13 April 1912 )〕 Evans' international appearances were restricted by having to compete with Leigh Richmond Roose, who was an automatic first choice for his country for many years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leigh Roose )〕 Evans died in Coventry in 1962 at the age of 80.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Evans (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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