Robert "Bob" McNab
(born
July
20,
1943) is an
English former
football player.
Born in
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire,
McNab started out at his local club,
Huddersfield Town. He was signed by
Bertie Mee
for
Arsenal in October 1966, and immediately won a place in the Arsenal side. He
was the Gunners' first-choice
left back
for the next nine seasons, reaching the
1968 and
1969 League Cup
finals (both of which Arsenal lost).
McNab made his debut for
England in 1968
against
Romania; McNab made four appearances in all for England, but never became a
regular. However, he certainly had success domestically, winning the
1970
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and then
the Double
in 1971. McNab
continued to play through much of the early
1970s for
Arsenal, including the
FA Cup final
loss to
Leeds United in
1972 and finishing second in the league a year later. However, the latter
part of his career at Arsenal was blighted by injury and the emergence of
Sammy
Nelson meant McNab was no longer guaranteed a place in the first team.
McNab was released on a
free
transfer in the summer of
1975; he played
first for
Wolves before trying his luck in the
NASL in the
United States. He finished his playing career at
Barnet,
before moving to
Canada to coach the
Vancouver Whitecaps. McNab later emigrated to
Los
Angeles,
California,
where he still lives today, working as a property developer. He is the father of
the actress
Mercedes McNab.
