Scottish Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a professional footballer. He is a centre-forward and currently plays for Carlisle United.

Is a professional footballer. He is a centre-forward and currently plays for Carlisle United.

Was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made 175 appearances for Stoke

Was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made 175 appearances for Stoke.He made almost 200 League and Cup appearances for Stoke before leaving for non-league Macclesfield Town in 1961.

Is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Football League First Division side Raith R

Is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Football League First Division side Raith Rovers.Sloan started his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, making his debut as an 18-year-old in a 2-0 defeat at Motherwell. He scored his first senior goal on Hearts' next visit to Fir Park, as the Maroons won 2-1 towards the end of the 2001-02 season.

Is a Scottish former professional association football player. Primarily a half-back, he began his p

Is a Scottish former professional association football player. Primarily a half-back, he began his professional career with Aberdeen F.C., before going on to play for a number of English clubs. He was captain of the original incarnation of Accrington Stanley when the club resigned from The Football League in 1962. Wilson began his career with local Junior club Musselburgh F.C. before joining Aberdeen F.C. in November 1954.

Was a Scottish professional footballer who made 79 appearances in the Football League playing for Bi

Was a Scottish professional footballer who made 79 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Watford. He had been on the books of Falkirk, but while stationed at Hednesford, Staffordshire, during the Second World War, he appeared for Birmingham City in the wartime Football League South. He made his debut in the Second Division on 14 February 1948, deputising for George Edwards in a home game against Leeds United which Birmingham won 5–1; Laing scored twice, his first goal coming inside the first five minutes.

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. He started his career at Queen's Park F.C.

Was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. He started his career at Queen's Park F.C. in 1894. He later played for Newcastle United F.C..He returned to Queen's Park in 1907, although the 'return' of his amateur status had to be decided by the board of the club beforehand. McColl finished his football career in 1912, scoring 6 goals in his final game against Port Glasgow Athletic, a Scottish scoring record which stands to the present day.

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side o

Is a Scottish footballer who plays for Leeds United as a winger comfortable playing on either side of the pitch. He can also play as a Forward. Snodgrass received a call up to the Scotland national team side in 2009. He has shown a lot of promise for the future. Snodgrass is a former Scotland under-19, under-20 and under-21 international. With the under-19 team, he was part of the squad that reached the final of the 2006 European Championships in Poland. Leeds' involvement in the play-offs against Millwall in 2009 meant that Snodgrass was unavailable to play in a Scotland B international.

Was a Scottish professional footballer, he was the most capped Scottish footballer for Heart of Midl

Was a Scottish professional footballer, he was the most capped Scottish footballer for Heart of Midlothian with 29 caps until the record was broken in 2006 by Steven Pressley. He held the Scotland national team caps record at various points from 1905 to 1931.

Is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow, born 27 June 1984. He first qualified for th

Is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow, born 27 June 1984. He first qualified for the main tour for the 2006/2007 season having topped the Scottish rankings the year before. However he struggled with only two victories in the whole season

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.

Was a footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.

Was a Scottish clergyman, and inventor of the stirling engine.Stirling was born at Cloag Farm near M

Was a Scottish clergyman, and inventor of the stirling engine.Stirling was born at Cloag Farm near Methven, Perthshire in Scotland, the third of eight children. He inherited his father's interest in engineering[citation needed], but studied divinity and became a minister of the Church of Scotland as second charge of the Laigh Kirk of Kilmarnock in 1816. Concerned about the danger the workers in his parish faced from steam engines, which frequently exploded because of the poor quality of the iron boilerplate available at the time, he decided to improve the design of the air engine in the hope that it would provide a safer alternative. He invented what he called the Heat Economiser (now generally known as the regenerator),

Was an important figure in football history. He was match arranger, goalkeeper and team captain for

Was an important figure in football history. He was match arranger, goalkeeper and team captain for Queen's Park during the 1860s up till 1874, and a letter of his, dated 1868, is the oldest surviving letter pertaining to soccer. He holds the unassailable record of being the first goalkeeper to captain an international side.Information about the life of Gardner is scant, but he is believed to have been born 1847 or 1848, may have been a highlander who lived in Glasgow, is thought to have worn a full beard, and was evidently very well educated. According to a contemporary cartoon

A former professional footballer. He was a striker who began his career with Rangers.Despite not bei

A former professional footballer. He was a striker who began his career with Rangers.Despite not being a first team regular, he scored many important goals for the club under Graeme Souness. In 1987, Fleck was transferred for £580,000 to Norwich City. He scored 66 goals in 181 appearances in his first spell with the club, earning a call-up to the Scotland Squad winning 4 caps, including 2 caps at the 1990 World Cup. 'Flecky' attained hero status among Norwich supporters and was voted Norwich City player of the year in 1992 at the end of the final season of his first spell at Carrow Road.

Was a Scottish statistician who worked at the Rothamsted Experimental Station. He was co-developer,

Was a Scottish statistician who worked at the Rothamsted Experimental Station. He was co-developer, with John Nelder, of the generalized linear model methodology,[1] and then expanded this subject to develop the idea of quasi-likelihood.[2]

Was a Scottish first-class cricketer from Angus. A left arm orthodox bowler, Sievwright made his deb

Was a Scottish first-class cricketer from Angus. A left arm orthodox bowler, Sievwright made his debut for Scotland against the touring South African national team in 1912 and took 6 wickets in the first innings. His following game came against Australia

Was a Scottish footballer. He was the son of Peter Pursell and nephew to Bob Pursell, who were also

Was a Scottish footballer. He was the son of Peter Pursell and nephew to Bob Pursell, who were also defenders who played for Port Vale. Pursell played for Northwood B.S.C., Chesterton and Wolverhampton Wanderers before joining Port Vale on trial from Chesterton in November 1939 and signing professional forms the next month.

Was a footballer best known for his successful spells at Celtic F.C., Everton and Leeds United.Despi

Was a footballer best known for his successful spells at Celtic F.C., Everton and Leeds United.Despite of being just about 160 cm (5'3") tall, Collins was a strong, hard-working midfield player who was in the Celtic team as a 17 year old and stayed there for ten years, winning the Scottish Cup in 1951, and the Scottish cup double in 1954. He was also called up for international duty in 1950, and maintained a frequent presence in the Scottish squad in the later stages of the decade.

Was a Scottish football fullback who played professionally in Scotland, Canada and the United States

Was a Scottish football fullback who played professionally in Scotland, Canada and the United States, including the American Soccer League and St. Louis Soccer League.

Was a Scottish professional footballer and football manager. He played as a centre-forward.McRoberts

Was a Scottish professional footballer and football manager. He played as a centre-forward.McRoberts was born in Coatbridge, Scotland. He started his football career at Airdrieonians and Albion Rovers in the Scottish League, and went on to play for Gainsborough Trinity, Small Heath (Birmingham) and Chelsea, where he also played as a defender, in the Football League.

Is a British swimmer. He swam in the men's 200 metres individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Is a British swimmer. He swam in the men's 200 metres individual medley at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he came fourth.

Is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter and storyteller, who first made his

Is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter and storyteller, who first made his name as a founder member of The Incredible String Band.

Is a Scottish professional football player currently playing for Queen of the South. Quinn is a midf

Is a Scottish professional football player currently playing for Queen of the South. Quinn is a midfielder with an ability to play up front. He began his career with Celtic, but didn't make a competitive first team appearance for the Glasgow club.

Was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.Frame b

Was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.Frame became interested in music in the mid 1970s, and was inspired by David Bowie.[1] At the age of 16 he became involved with Postcard Records, and he began to

Is a Scottish football striker currently playing for Dumbarton. Hunter played his youth football wit

Is a Scottish football striker currently playing for Dumbarton. Hunter played his youth football with Clydebank, and Ayr United, where he had an apprenticeship. Hunter signed for Clyde in the summer of 2005, and made his début in the opening league game of the campaign, coming on as a substitute against Ross County.

Is a former Scottish footballer currently playing for Linlithgow Rose. He is a product of Clyde's yo

Is a former Scottish footballer currently playing for Linlithgow Rose. He is a product of Clyde's youth system.He made his senior debut in a Scottish Cup third round tie against Montrose in November 2007. His older brother Ruari also played in this match, and in doing so, they became the first set of brothers to play for Clyde for 17 years.