Duffy: Robert McFarlane Davidson (Bertie)

WW2 Guest: 1945-1946 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

Right Half

Born: Dundee: 19-04-1913

Debut: v Chesterfield (a): 25-08-1945

Height & Weight: Unknown

Robert Duffy started with Dundee St Josephs and then Lochee Harps as a Left Half and signed for Celtic on 5th October 1935. He was a capable Wing Half but could not break into the Celtic first team as Geatons, Lyons and Paterson were the first choices. He made his debut for Celtic in a 3-3 draw at home to Hamilton Academical in January 1937. While he showed excellent form in the Reserves he was restricted to only four games in the first team before being released in 1947. He joined the RAF in 1940 and rose to the rank of PTI Sergeant. He guested with Newcastle United, Bradford City, Port Vale, Swansea Town, York City, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale, as well as Leeds United. He played for United in the first fifteen games of the 1945-46 Football League Northern Section. He made his debut at Saltergate where Chesterfield inflicted a 1-3 defeat on United and it wasn’t until the sixth game that United took a point from a game when they won 2-0 at Goodison Park against Everton. United won four and drew one of the fifteen games he played and his final game saw them humbled to the tune of 1-6 by Manchester United at Old Trafford to finalise his sorry stay on 24th November 1945. He did guest for other clubs playing once for Bradford City in 1941-42 and three times in 1943-44, in 1942-43 he guested for York City twice and Huddersfield Town once and also scored once in eleven appearances for Rochdale. In 1944-45 he had twenty-one games for Newcastle United, three for Swansea Town and two for Port Vale. It is thought that he was on the books of Blackpool but it is not thought that Duffy played any games in the Football League.