John Hunter (Falkirk footballer)

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John Hunter
Personal information
Date of birth 1904 [1]
Place of birth Stenhousemuir, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Burnhead United
1920–1928 Falkirk 199 (41)
1922Armadale (loan)
1928–1931 Reading 86 (7)
1931–1932 Brideville
1932–1938 Guildford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hunter (born 1904) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. He featured primarily for Falkirk [2] where he spent seven seasons as a regular during a period when the team usually finished in a high position in the top division of the Scottish Football League. In 1927 he was selected as a member of a Scottish Football Association party which toured North America, [3] [4] [5] but never received a full cap for Scotland.

In 1928 Hunter moved on to English football for three seasons with Reading, [6] [2] then had a spell in the League of Ireland with Brideville [2] before returning to the south-east of England with Guildford City, where he was on the coaching staff as they won the Southern Football League title in 1937–38 [7] while also still appearing for their reserve team. [8]

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References

  1. 'Montclare', Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool, England, 23 Jul 1927, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, via Ancestry (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1927 Tour of Canada by the Scottish FA". RSSSF . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1927". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. International XIs, Falkirk Football Historian, 5 April 2014
  6. Player Portraits 2 | J. C. Hunter Inside Left, The Biscuitmen
  7. Recalling A Guildford City Footballer From The Glory Days Of The 1930s, David Rose, The Guildford Dragon, 12 August 2019
  8. Peterborough Utd A 4 - 1 Guildford City Reserves (27/01/1938), Up The Posh