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{{short description|Irish football manager}}
{{otherpeople|Robert Kyle}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Robert H. "Bob" Kyle''' (16th December 1870 – 17th February 1941) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|manager]] during the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s.

A native of [[Belfast]], Kyle was club secretary (overseeing the whole club including coaching/training) at [[Lisburn Distillery F.C.|Distillery]] in the [[IFA Premiership|Irish League]] from June 1897 to 1905.  During this time "the Whites" claimed three League titles, two [[Irish Cup]]s, one City Cup, three [[County Antrim Shield]]s and one Belfast Charity Cup.

Kyle was invited to become secretary-manager at [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in August 1905, remaining in the role until retiring on 15 March 1928. He thus remains Sunderland's longest serving manager.  During Kyle's time in charge Sunderland claimed the [[Football League First Division|Football League]] title in 1913 and finished as runners-up in 1923. He is the only Irish manager ever to win the English top division.

==Managerial stats==
:''As of 16 September 2007.''<ref name="Bob Kyle's managerial career">{{cite web
| title = Bob Kyle's managerial career
| url = https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=212
| publisher = Soccerbase
| access-date = 2007-08-16}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat.
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!L!!D!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Distillery]]
|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}}
|align=left|August 1, 1897
|align=left|August 1, 1905
||227||114||43||70||00.00
|-
|align=left|[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|August 1, 1905
|align=left|March 1, 1928
||803||367||283||153||45.70
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of English football championship-winning managers]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{English Football First Tier League Championship winning managers}}
{{Sunderland A.F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:Association football managers from Northern Ireland]]


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