John Ogston
Scottish footballer (1939–2017)
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John Kessack Ogston (15 January 1939 – 16 August 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Aberdeen, Liverpool and Doncaster Rovers.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Kessack Ogston[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 2017 (age 78) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Banks O' Dee | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1966 | Aberdeen | 179 | (0) |
| 1966–1969 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| 1968–1969 | → Doncaster Rovers | 31 | (0) |
| 1969–1971 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Buckie Thistle | ||
| 1972 | Huntly | ||
| 1972– | Rothes | ||
| 1974 | Fraserburgh | ||
| 1974 | Deveronvale | ||
| International career | |||
| 1961[2] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| 1961–1962[3] | Scotland U23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ogston was born in Aberdeen and played youth football with Banks O' Dee where he won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1957.[5] A year later in 1958, he started his professional career with Aberdeen. He was fondly known as "Tubby" in his time there.[5]
He joined English club Liverpool for a fee of £10,000 in September 1965, but his only first team appearance was in a 3–1 League victory over Newcastle United on 7 April 1967.[5]
He moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1968 on loan, and then signed permanently the following season.[5] Whilst at Doncaster, he was a member of the Fourth Division title winning side of 1968–69,[6] and made a total of 77 appearances in League and cup.[5]
In 1971, he returned north of the border to play for Buckie Thistle for a season,[5] before playing with several teams in the Highland League, including Huntly, Rothes, Fraserburgh, and Deveronvale.[5][7] He finally retired on 16 September 1974.[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 1958–59 | Scottish Division One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959–60 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1963–64 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1965–66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 179 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Liverpool | 1965–66 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966–67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 1968–69 | Fourth Division | 31 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31+ | 0+ |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1969–70 | Third Division | 38 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 38+ | 0+ |
| 1970–71 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1+ | 0+ | ||
| Total | 70 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 70+ | 0+ | ||
| Career total | 250 | 0 | 17+ | 0+ | 34+ | 0+ | 301+ | 0+ | ||