Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Wilson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1894 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
Date of death | July 1957 (aged 62–63) [2] | ||
Place of death | Dechmont, Scotland [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1914 | Newmilns | ||
1914–1925 | Heart of Midlothian | 226 | (0) |
1925–1928 | Dunfermline Athletic | 108 | (9) |
1928–1931 | Hamilton Academical | 91 | (7) |
1931–1932 | St Johnstone | 36 | (0) |
Penicuik Athletic | |||
International career | |||
1916 | Scottish League XI (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Wilson (1894 – July 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back and made over 460 appearances in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone. [1] [3] He made one wartime appearance for the Scottish League XI. [4] After retiring as a player, Wilson was involved in the founding of Junior club Haddington Athletic in the late 1930s. [2]
Wilson's father Hughie was a Scottish international footballer who was playing for Sunderland at the time of Wilson's birth. [2] The family eventually moved back to Scotland and settled in Newmilns. [2] After enlisting in April 1916, Wilson served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was wounded on the Western Front in April 1917 and March 1918. [2] [5] As a teenager, Wilson had trained as a lace weaver and he returned to the profession in Ayrshire part-time after the war, before re-entering professional football. [2] He worked at Castle Mills Rubber Works in Fountainbridge during the early years of the First World War and after retiring from football, he ran a fishmongers in Haddington. [2]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 1914–15 [6] | Scottish Division One | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1915–16 [6] | 37 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
1916–17 [6] | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
1918–19 [6] | 23 | 0 | — | 6 [c] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
1919–20 [6] | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
1920–21 [6] | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
1921–22 [6] | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
1922–23 [6] | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 [e] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
1923–24 [6] | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 [f] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
1924–25 [6] | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [g] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Total | 226 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 268 | 0 | ||
Dunfermline Athletic | 1925–26 [1] | Scottish Division Two | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |
1926–27 [1] | Scottish Division One | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | ||
1927–28 [1] | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 41 | 5 | |||
Total | 108 | 9 | 9 | 2 | — | 117 | 11 | |||
Hamilton Academical | 1928–29 [7] | Scottish Division One | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
1929–30 [8] | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 [h] | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
1930–31 [9] | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
Total | 91 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 8 | ||
St Johnstone | 1931–32 [1] | Scottish Division Two | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
Career total | 461 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 527 | 19 |
Heart of Midlothian
Dunfermline Athletic
St Johnstone