Robert Corrigan, a centre-forward, joined Exeter City from Hurst of the Cheshire County League in 1929. Although he scored a number of goals for the reserves, he left the club midway through the 1929/30 season without appearing for the first-team.

A former member of the Royal North Lancashire Regiment, with service in India and China, he came to domestic football late and first came to attention with Patricroft in the South-East Lancashire League from where he moved to Eccles United. He then made a step-up with Hurst (later to become Ashton United) of the Cheshire League where he enjoyed a run of good form towards the end of the 1928/29 season. 

Arriving at St James’ Park that summer, he had scored ten goals for the reserves in the Southern and Western leagues by February 1930 when his contract was cancelled by mutual agreement.