Scottish footballer
John Wilson|
Date of birth |
1889 |
---|
Place of birth |
Blackford, Scotland |
---|
Date of death |
20 September 1914 (aged 25)[1] |
---|
Place of death |
Paris, France |
---|
Position(s) |
Half back |
---|
|
Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
---|
1912–1913 |
Dumbarton |
11 |
(3) |
---|
1913–1914 |
Vale of Leven |
13 |
(1) |
---|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Wilson (1889 – 20 September 1914) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Vale of Leven and Dumbarton as a half back.[2][3]
Personal life
Wilson was married.[4] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he enlisted as a private in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in Auchterarder.[2] Wilson died of wounds at the Hotel Majestic Military Hospital in Paris on 20 September 1914 and was buried in the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.[1][5]
Career statistics
References