John Hunter (Falkirk footballer)

John Hunter was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. He featured primarily for Falkirk[1] 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,[2][3][4] but never received a full cap for Scotland.

For other people with the same name, see John Hunter.
John Hunter
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1897
Place of birth Stenhousemuir, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Burnhead United
1920–1928 Falkirk 199 (41)
1922 → Armadale (loan)
1928–1931 Reading 86 (7)
1931–1932 Brideville
1932–1938 Guildford City
National team
– Scottish League XI
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1928 Hunter moved on to English football for three seasons with Reading,[5][1] then had a spell in the League of Ireland with Brideville[1] 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[6] while also still appearing for their reserve team.[7]

References
  1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1927 Tour of Canada by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1927". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. International XIs, Falkirk Football Historian, 5 April 2014
  5. Player Portraits 2 | J. C. Hunter Inside Left, The Biscuitmen
  6. Recalling A Guildford City Footballer From The Glory Days Of The 1930s, David Rose, The Guildford Dragon, 12 August 2019
  7. Peterborough Utd A 4 - 1 Guildford City Reserves (27/01/1938), Up The Posh
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