Jackie Dewar
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Keddie Dewar | ||
Date of birth | 14 December 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Buckhaven, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 19 October 2011 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Crook of Devon, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Bayview YC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1947 | Heart of Midlothian | 3 | (3) |
1947–1951 | Dundee United | 47 | (9) |
1951–1952 | Forfar Athletic | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Keddie Dewar (14 December 1923 – 19 October 2011) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger. Dewar began his footballing career shortly after the Second World War with Heart of Midlothian, scoring three goals in as many appearances before moving to Dundee United in 1947. After four years at Tannadice, Dewar moved to Forfar Athletic, where he failed to make an appearance. Dewar left part-time professional football in 1952 to take up a full-time career as a mining surveyor and planner with the National Coal Board.
External links
[edit]- Jackie Dewar at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1923 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Forfar Athletic F.C. players
- People from Buckhaven
- 2011 deaths
- Footballers from Fife
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1920s birth stubs