Denis Lawson (footballer)

This article is about the Scottish international footballer. For the actor, see Denis Lawson.

Denis Lawson
Personal information
Date of birth (1897-12-11)11 December 1897[1]
Place of birth Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Date of death 23 May 1968(1968-05-23) (aged 70)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside-right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Kilsyth Emmett
1919–1923 St Mirren 154 (11)
1923–1926 Cardiff City 64 (2)
1926 Springfield Babes 23 (2)
1926–1927 Providence Clamdiggers 16 (1)
1927–1928 Wigan Borough 28 (2)
1928–1929 Clyde 7 (1)
1930–1931 Brechin City 36 (2)
International career
1923 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denis Lawson (11 December 1897 – 23 May 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside-right.

He started playing professionally for St Mirren in 1920; in 1923 he moved to Cardiff City of the English Football League and played 64 matches for them, before moving to the United States and playing for Springfield Babes and Providence F.C.[1] He returned to British football in 1927–28 with a move to Wigan Borough, and then finished his career back in Scotland with Clyde and Brechin City.[3]

In 1923 Lawson was capped for Scotland, in a 2–2 draw with England at Hampden Park.[4]

  1. ^ a b Denis Lawson at the Scottish Football Association
  2. ^ "Cardiff City". Athletic News. 24 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)