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Bob McPhail

Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (died 2000)

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Born
October 25, 1905
Died
August 24, 2000
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1905

About Bob McPhail

Robert Lowe McPhail was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-left for Airdrieonians, Rangers and the Scotland national team. They won the Scottish Cup in 1924 when McPhail was aged 18, beating Hibernian 2–0. Rangers won both the Scottish Football League title and the Scottish Cup in McPhail's first season with the club and he scored a total of 23 goals in 42 appearances, including a goal in the 4–0 win over Celtic in the 1928 Scottish Cup Final.

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Bob McPhail timeline

  1. They won the Scottish Cup in 1924 when McPhail was aged 18, beating Hibernian 2–0.
  2. Rangers won both the Scottish Football League title and the Scottish Cup in McPhail's first season with the club and he scored a total of 23 goals in 42 appearances, including a goal in the 4–0 win over Celtic in the 1928 Scottish Cup Final.

The world when Bob McPhail was born

Bob McPhail was born in 1905. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1905

  • Best-selling book"The Marriage of William Ashe" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChristy Mathewson pitches 3 shutouts in the World Series
  • Top headlineEinstein publishes theory of special relativity
  • Technology milestoneEinstein's "miracle year" — E=mc²
  • World population~1.65B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population83.2M

1905 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bob McPhail's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19052026
Population83.2M341 million

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