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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]

Jock Wilson

Personal information
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 (175 cm)[2]
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1914	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
National team
1916	Scottish League XI (wartime)	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Heart of Midlothian	1914–15[6]	Scottish Division One	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
	1915–16[6]		37	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	0	40	0
	1916–17[6]		5	0	—		0	0	5	0
	1918–19[6]		23	0	—		6[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]	0	14	0
	1922–23[6]		33	0	2	0	6[lower-alpha 5]	0	41	0
	1923–24[6]		37	0	5	0	3[lower-alpha 6]	0	45	0
	1924–25[6]		24	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 7]	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[lower-alpha 8]	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

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

• East of Scotland Shield (2): 1914–15, 1918–19[10][11]
• Wilson Cup (2): 1918–19, 1922–23[11][12]
• Rosebery Charity Cup (3): 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24[13][14][15]

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish League Second Division: 1925–26[1]

St Johnstone

• Scottish League Second Division second-place promotion: 1931–32[1]

See also

• Heart of Midlothian F.C. and World War I

References

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