Jock Wilson (English footballer)

Jock Wilson
Personal information
Full name John Wilson[1]
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Playing position Outside right
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John Wilson was an English professional football left back who made over 460 appearances in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone.[1]

Personal life

Wilson served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War.[2] He was twice wounded during the course of his service.[2]

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

Dunfermline Athletic

Career statistics

Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 1914–15[9] Scottish First Division 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 2 0
1915–16[9] 37 0 — 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 40 0
1916–17[9] 5 0 — 0 0 5 0
1918–19[9] 23 0 — 6[lower-alpha 3] 0 29 0
1919–20[9] 27 0 3 0 0 0 30 0
1920–21[9] 29 0 5 0 0 0 34 0
1921–22[9] 10 0 3 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 14 0
1922–23[9] 33 0 2 0 6[lower-alpha 5] 0 41 0
1923–24[9] 37 0 5 0 3[lower-alpha 6] 0 45 0
1924–25[9] 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 Second Division 36 2 1 0 — 37 2
1926–27[1] Scottish First Division 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[10] Scottish First Division 22 1 3 0 0 0 25 1
1929–30[11] 34 3 5 1 1[lower-alpha 8] 0 40 4
1930–31[12] 35 3 3 0 0 0 38 3
Total 91 7 11 1 1 0 113 8
St Johnstone 1931–32[1] Scottish Second Division 36 0 3 0 — 39 0
Career total 461 16 43 3 23 0 527 19
  1. ↑ Appearance in East of Scotland Shield.
  2. ↑ 2 appearances in Rosebery Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Wilson Cup.
  3. ↑ 4 appearances in Victory Cup, 1 appearance in East of Scotland Shield/Wilson Cup, 1 appearance in Wilson Cup.
  4. ↑ Appearance in Dunedin Cup.
  5. ↑ 2 appearances in Wilson Cup, 2 appearances in Rosebery Charity Cup, 1 appearance in East of Scotland Shield, 1 appearance in Dunedin Cup.
  6. ↑ 2 appearances in East of Scotland Shield, 1 appearance in Rosebery Charity Cup.
  7. ↑ 1 appearance in East of Scotland Shield, 1 appearance in Wilson Cup.
  8. ↑ Appearance in Lanarkshire Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. 1 2 "The Heart of Midlothian FC Players' Roll of Honour" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "1915-04-24 Sat Hibernian 0 Hearts 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "1919-05-07 Wed Hearts 1 Hibernian 0". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "1923-04-27 Fri Hearts 2 Hibernian 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "1916-05-06 Sat Hearts 3 Leith Athletic 0". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "1923-05-12 Sat Hearts 2 Hibernian 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "1924-05-10 Sat Hearts 0 Hibernian 2". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Jock Wilson – Hearts Career – from 20 Mar 1915 to 28 Apr 1925". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "1928–29". spreadsheets.google.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "1929–30". spreadsheets.google.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "1930–31". spreadsheets.google.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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