John Gillies (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Crawford Gillies[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 4 November 1991 (aged 73)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1936 | Shawfield | ||
| 1936–1946 | Clyde | 83 | (19) |
| 1940–1944 | → Heart of Midlothian (guest) | ||
| 1941 | → Middlesbrough (guest) | ||
| 1941 | → Third Lanark (guest) | ||
| 1945–1946 | → St Mirren (guest) | ||
| 1946–1947 | Brentford | 5 | (0) |
| Morton | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Crawford Gillies (22 October 1918 – 4 November 1991), sometimes known as Jackie Gillies, was a Scottish professional football outside left who played in the Scottish League for Clyde.[1][2][3] He toured Canada and the US with the Scottish FA representative team in September 1939 and also briefly played in England for Brentford.[3][4][5][6][7]
Honours
[edit]Clyde
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Clyde | 1936–37[2] | Scottish First Division | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 6 |
| 1937–38[2] | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 9 | ||
| 1938–39[2] | 35 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 9 | ||
| Total | 83 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 97 | 24 | ||
| Brentford | 1946–47[10] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 88 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 102 | 24 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "John Gillies". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b "Jackie Gillies – Hearts Career – from 10 Feb 1940 to 15 Apr 1944". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "BRITISH FA XI TOURS". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 65. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Scottish Football Historical Archive – G". p. 239. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Gillies John Image 2 Clyde 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Peace & War | History | Club | Clyde Football Club". Official Clyde Football Club Website. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest, BBC Sport, 27 May 2019
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 379. ISBN 0951526200.
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Categories:
- 1918 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Men's association football outside forwards
- 1991 deaths
- Scottish Football League players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. wartime guest players
- St Mirren F.C. wartime guest players
- Third Lanark A.C. wartime guest players
- Middlesbrough F.C. wartime guest players
- Shawfield F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1910s birth stubs