John Atkinson (footballer, born 1884)
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Full name
John Atkinson[1]
Date of birth
5 December 1884
Place of birth
Cambuslang, Scotland
Date of death
26 November 1914 (aged 29)[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Atkinson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambuslang, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 November 1914 (aged 29)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Earnock Rovers | |||
| –1903 | Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors | ||
| 1903–1910 | Hamilton Academical | 97 | (27) |
| 1904 | → Queen's Park (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1909 | → Celtic (loan) | 1 | (2) |
| 1910 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Atkinson (5 December 1884 – 26 November 1914) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Celtic and Partick Thistle as an outside left.[2][3]
Atkinson was a medical student and later qualified as a doctor, moving to County Durham to practice.[2] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he moved to work in Madagascar.[2] He died in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa, in an accident on 26 November 1914.[2]
