Career
He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club He also represented England on 41 occasions, captaining them 22 times. Born in Blackburn, Crompton spent his entire career at full-back for, playing 528 games between 1896 and 1920.
In the 1915-1916 season he played for Blackpool in the regional leagues set up by the Football League during World War I where he was made club captain.
His 41 England caps were a record until surpassed by Billy Wright in 1952. After a spell managing Bournemouth, Crompton returned to Rovers as manager in the late 1930s to guide them to the Second Division championship.
Crompton had a heart attack in 1941 while watching Blackburn play Burnley, while he was still in charge of Blackburn. He died that evening.
lieutenant was announced on the 25th February via Twitter that Bob Crompton would be inducted to the Hall of Fame by the National Football Museum as a "Historic Player" As a player As a manager.