Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Morrison [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1889 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Stenhousemuir, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 26 January 1972[2] | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Paisley, Scotland [2] | ||
Position(s) | Utility player | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1907 | Stenhousemuir Hearts | ||
1907–1919 | Falkirk | 120 | (18) |
1914 | → St Mirren (loan) | 12 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1927–1929 | Third Lanark | ||
1929–1936 | St Mirren | ||
1937–1941 | Airdrieonians | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Morrison (26 January 1889 – 26 January 1972) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 120 appearances in the Scottish League for Falkirk as a utility player. [1] After his retirement from football, he managed Third Lanark, St Mirren and Airdrieonians. [2] He was nicknamed 'Slasher'. [2]
Morrison served as a private in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War. [3]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Falkirk | 1907–08 [1] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1908–09 [1] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
1909–10 [1] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
1910–11 [1] | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 8 | ||
1911–12 [1] | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
1912–13 [1] | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
1913–14 [1] | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
1914–15 [1] | 19 | 6 | — | 19 | 6 | |||
Total | 120 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 128 | 20 | ||
St Mirren (loan) | 1913–14 [1] | Scottish First Division | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Career total | 132 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 144 | 20 |
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Third Lanark | 1927 | 1929 | 69 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 36.23 | [4] |
St Mirren | 1929 | 1936 | 302 | 133 | 45 | 124 | 44.04 | [5] |
Total | 371 | 158 | 58 | 155 | 42.59 | — |
Falkirk
Third Lanark
St Mirren