Jock Taylor (footballer, born 1885)

Jock Taylor
Personal information
Full name John Taylor[1]
Date of birth (1885-12-12)12 December 1885[2]
Place of birth Elgin, Scotland
Date of death 15 September 1916(1916-09-15) (aged 30)[3]
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1907 Parkhead
1908–1909 Hull City 9 (3)
1909 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1909–1913 Gillingham 123 (37)
1910 → Leith Athletic (loan) 3 (0)
1913–1914 Distillery
1914–1915 Leith Athletic 27 (20)
1915–1916 St Bernard's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Taylor (12 December 1885 – 15 September 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 120 Southern League appearances as a inside right for Gillingham.[4] He also played in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic and in the Football League for Hull City.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 283. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. ^ "46 Jock Taylor". On Cloud Seven. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CWGC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 129. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  5. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.