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(s) 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.

  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