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John Hunter (Falkirk footballer)

John Hunter (Falkirk footballer)

Scottish footballer

For other people with the same name, see John Hunter.

John Hunter (born 1904) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. He featured primarily for Falkirk[2] 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,[3][4][5] but never received a full cap for Scotland.

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In 1928 Hunter moved on to English football for three seasons with Reading,[6][2] then had a spell in the League of Ireland with Brideville[2] 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[7] while also still appearing for their reserve team.[8]

References

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    'Montclare', Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool, England, 23 Jul 1927, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, via Ancestry (subscription required)
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    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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    Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1927 Tour of Canada by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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    "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1927". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. [5]
    International XIs, Falkirk Football Historian, 5 April 2014
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    Player Portraits 2 | J. C. Hunter Inside Left, The Biscuitmen
  7. [7]
    Recalling A Guildford City Footballer From The Glory Days Of The 1930s, David Rose, The Guildford Dragon, 12 August 2019
  8. [8]
    Peterborough Utd A 4 - 1 Guildford City Reserves (27/01/1938), Up The Posh


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