Jock Wilson (English footballer)

Jock Wilson

Personal information
Full name	John Wilson[1]
Date of birth	1894[2]
Place of birth	Sunderland, England
Date of death	4 July 1957 (1957-07-05) (aged 63)[3]
Place of death	Dechmont, Scotland[2]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[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
International career
1916	Scottish League XI (wartime)	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Wilson (1894 – 4 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][4] He made one wartime appearance for the Scottish League XI.[5] After retiring as a player, Wilson was involved in the founding of Junior club Haddington Athletic in the late 1930s.[2]

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][6] 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			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Heart of Midlothian	1914–15[7]	Scottish Division One	1	0	—		1[a]	0	2	0
	1915–16[7]	Scottish Division One	37	0	—		3[b]	0	40	0
	1916–17[7]	Scottish Division One	5	0	—		0	0	5	0
	1918–19[7]	Scottish Division One	23	0	—		6[c]	0	29	0
	1919–20[7]	Scottish Division One	27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
	1920–21[7]	Scottish Division One	29	0	5	0	0	0	34	0
	1921–22[7]	Scottish Division One	10	0	3	0	1[d]	0	14	0
	1922–23[7]	Scottish Division One	33	0	2	0	6[e]	0	41	0
	1923–24[7]	Scottish Division One	37	0	5	0	3[f]	0	45	0
	1924–25[7]	Scottish Division One	24	0	2	0	2[g]	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]	Scottish Division One	37	4	4	1	—		41	5
	Total		108	9	9	2	—		117	11
Hamilton Academical	1928–29[8]	Scottish Division One	22	1	3	0	0	0	25	1
	1929–30[9]	Scottish Division One	34	3	5	1	1[h]	0	40	4
	1930–31[10]	Scottish Division One	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

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, 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

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

• East of Scotland Shield: 1914–15, 1918–19[11][12]
• Wilson Cup: 1918–19, 1922–23[13][14]
• Rosebery Charity Cup: 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24[15][16][17]

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

1. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
2. "East Lothian's Football History". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
3. Edinburgh Evening News, 6 July 1957
4. "Wilson, John (1928)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
5. "Association Football – War Fund Games". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1916. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
6. "The Heart of Midlothian FC Players' Roll of Honour" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
7. "Jock Wilson – Hearts Career – from 20 Mar 1915 to 28 Apr 1925". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
8. "1928–29". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
9. "1929–30". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
10. "1930–31". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
11. "1915-04-24 Sat Hibernian 0 Hearts 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
12. "1919-05-07 Wed Hearts 1 Hibernian 0". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
13. "1919-01-01 Wed Hibernian 2 Hearts 2". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
14. "1923-04-27 Fri Hearts 2 Hibernian 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
15. "1916-05-06 Sat Hearts 3 Leith Athletic 0". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
16. "1923-05-12 Sat Hearts 2 Hibernian 1". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
17. "1924-05-10 Sat Hearts 0 Hibernian 2". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.