John Lunn (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 December 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 10 December 1973 (aged 31) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blairhall Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1972 | Dunfermline Athletic | 249 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Lunn (1942–1973) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a left-back for Dunfermline Athletic.[1] Lunn helped Dunfermline win the 1967–68 Scottish Cup. He later suffered from leukemia and died in 1973.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Lunn". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Key dates in the club's history". www.dafc.co.uk. Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
1973 Won promotion from Division Two with 95 goals – the highest goalscorers in Britain. John Lunn, one of Dunfermline's finest players of the 1960s, died of leukaemia.
- ^ "John Lunn | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club".
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- 1946 births
- 1973 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Footballers from Fife
- Deaths from leukemia in Scotland
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Blairhall Colliery F.C. players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football defender, 1940s birth stubs