John Hempsey

John Hempsey (1889 – 2 August 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Rangers, Morton and Kilmarnock.[1]

John Hempsey
Personal information
Full name John Hempsey
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Date of death 2 August 1938 (aged 49)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1912 Morton 3 (0)
1912–1920 Rangers 147 (0)
1913 → Morton (loan)
1917 → Kilmarnock (loan) 1 (0)
1920–1921 King's Park
1921–1922 Morton 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hempsey began his career at Port Glasgow Athletic (no official appearances registered) before moving to Morton in 1911. He joined Rangers a year later and would make 167 appearances in all competitions during his eight-year spell, winning the Scottish Football League title in 1912–13 after replacing the injured Herbert Lock. Rivals Celtic thereafter dominated the league during the World War I period, but Hempsey did pick up four winner's medals from the Glasgow Cup (also serving two short loan spells at Morton and Kilmarnock) before Lock took over as the regular again in 1919–20.[2][3] Hempsey joined King's Park, then playing in the Central Football League, for a year and returned to Greenock for a final season (serving as back-up to Dave Edwards) before retiring.

References
  1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. (Rangers player) Hempsey, John, FitbaStats
  3. "John Hempsey". Rangers FC History.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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