Jock Simpson

Jock Simpson
Personal information
Full name John Robert Simpson
Date of birth 25 December 1886
Place of birth Pendleton, England[1]
Date of death 4 January 1959(1959-01-04) (aged 72)
Place of death Falkirk, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Grange Rovers
Laurieston Villa
1905–1911 Falkirk 176 (100)
1911–1919 Blackburn Rovers 151 (16)
1916–1919Falkirk (loan) 91 (15)
Falkirk Amateurs
Falkirk Orient
Total 418 (131)
International career
1910 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
1911–1914 Football League XI
1911–1914 England 8 (1)
1916–1917 Scottish League (wartime) 3 (1)
1918 England (wartime) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Robert Simpson (25 December 1886 – 4 January 1959) was a footballer who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference spart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.