Jock Wilson (English footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wilson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1894[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 July 1957 (aged 62–63)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Dechmont, Scotland[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position | 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 – 4 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][4] He made one wartime appearance for the Scottish League XI.[5] 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][6] 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]
