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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{similar names|Robert McCartney (disambiguation){{!}}Robert McCartney}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Bob McCartney 
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| position= [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
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| years1= 1890–1895
| clubs1= [[Leith Athletic F.C.|Leith Athletic]] 
| caps1= 73 | goals1= 1
| years2= 1895–1899
|clubs2= [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]
| caps2= 54 | goals2= 0
|years3= 1899–1901
|clubs3= [[Leith Athletic F.C.|Leith Athletic]] 
| caps3=  21| goals3= 0
| years4= –
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| totalcaps = 148
| totalgoals = 1
|nationalyears1= 1898
|nationalteam1= [[Scottish League XI]]
|nationalcaps1= 1
|nationalgoals1= 0
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'''Robert McCartney''' was a Scottish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He began and ended his senior career with [[Leith Athletic F.C.|Leith Athletic]],<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref> spending his prime years at [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h00345.html|title=[Hearts player] Bob McCartney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref> where he won the [[Scottish Cup]] in [[1896 Scottish Cup Final|1896]]<ref>[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13058031.from-the-archive-looking-back-at-the-last-hearts-v-hibs-cup-final/ From the archive: looking back at the last Hearts v Hibs Cup Final], The Herald, 15 May 2012</ref> and the [[Scottish Football League]] championship in [[1896–97 Scottish Division One|1896–97]], playing in all but one of the 18 fixtures; he also claimed two winner's medals each from the minor [[Rosebery Charity Cup]] (to add to one from his first spell at Leith)<ref>[https://playupliverpool.com/1891/06/27/leith-athletic-v-hearts-3-2-rosebery-charity-cup-final-june-27-1891/ Leith Athletic v Hearts 3-2 (Rosebery Charity Cup Final: June 27 1891)], Play Up Liverpool</ref> and [[East of Scotland Shield]].

McCartney was selected once for the [[Scottish League XI]] in January 1898.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/bobmccartney.html|title=[SFL player] Bob McCartney |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/mccartney-bob-image-leith-1895/ McCartney Bob Image 1 Leith Athletic 1895], Vintage Footballers</ref>

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