John_May_(footballer,_born_1878)
John May (footballer, born 1878)
Scottish footballer
John May (15 April 1878 – 25 July 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played for Abercorn, Derby County, Rangers, Morton and Scotland.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John May | ||
| Date of birth | (1878-04-15)15 April 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Dykehead, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 July 1933(1933-07-25) (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rising Blues[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1895–1896 | Bo'ness | ||
| 1896–1897 | Wishaw Thistle | 179 | (17) |
| 1897–1898 | Abercorn | 18 | (2) |
| 1898–1904 | Derby County | 179 | (17) |
| 1904–1910 | Rangers | 129 | (13) |
| 1910–1915 | Morton | 118 | (5) |
| Total | 444 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1906–1909 | Scotland | 5 | (0) |
| 1906–1908[2] | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club
May played as a left half-back (comparable to a modern midfielder) and started his career at Bo'ness followed by Wishaw Thistle and Paisley club Abercorn,[1] before signing for Derby County. Whilst there he played in two losing FA Cup finals (1899 and 1903).[3] May made 179 league appearances for Derby, scoring 17 goals.[4]
He joined Rangers in May 1904 and went on to play 148 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup,[5] however, his spell at the club coincided almost exactly with a period when rivals Celtic were dominant, and May did not claim a winner's medal in either of the major competitions before he moved on to Morton in 1910.[6][1]
International
May won five international caps for Scotland between 1906 and 1909.[7]
His younger brother Hugh was also a footballer who made a small number of appearances for both Rangers and Derby.[1]
- Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- (SFL player) John May, London Hearts Supporters Club
- Derby County: The Story of a football club (abridged sample, page 21), Anton Rippon, 2013, ISBN 978-0992677909
- (Rangers player) May, John, FitbaStats
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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