Jock Johnstone

Jock Johnstone
Personal information
Full name John Chalmers Johnstone
Date of birth 23 June 1898
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 3 November 1936(1936-11-03) (aged 38)[1]
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dundee Hibernian
1919–1920 Montrose
1920–1922 Dundee 13 (1)
1922–1928 Aston Villa 106 (1)
1928–1929 Reading 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Chalmers Johnstone (23 June 1898 – 3 November 1936)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played for Dundee, Aston Villa and Reading, mainly as a right half.[4]

He played twice in Aston Villa's run to the 1924 FA Cup Final,[5] but did not take part in the match itself;[6] this was indicative of his struggles over several seasons to be selected ahead of Frank Moss and George Blackburn, both of whom were England internationals.

He sailed North to Sweden with the team on Aston Villa's first foreign tour in May 1926. Örgryte celebrated a major success when beating Aston Villa 5–2. Villa were defeated by Gothenburg-combined (Kombinerol Gotesburgslag). There followed a golf & fishing break where Johnstone took advantage of the opportunity to join the fishing party. Villa won 11 - 2 over the select Oslo-combined Lyn og Frig including FK Lyn players. [7]

References

  1. ^ Johnstone Former Villa Player's Death, Coventry Evening Telegraph, 4 November 1936. Via Newspapers.com (subscription required)
  2. ^ Brum (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Aston Villa". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  3. ^ Jock Johnstone at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  5. ^ John Johnstone, 11v11.com
  6. ^ Johnstone Jock Image 1 Aston Villa 1926, Vintage Footballers
  7. ^ https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780956984876/page/24/mode/2up?q=johnstone


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