Jock Weir

Jock Weir
Personal information
Full name John Britton Weir[1]
Date of birth (1923-10-20)20 October 1923
Place of birth Fauldhouse, Scotland
Date of death 7 January 2003(2003-01-07) (aged 79)
Place of death Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
–1942 Leith Renton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1947 Hibernian 19 (14)
1947–1948 Blackburn Rovers 23 (7)
1948–1952 Celtic 81 (22)
1952–1953 Falkirk 15 (2)
1953 Llanelli
1953–1954 Dumbarton 16 (5)
1954– Portadown
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Britton Weir (20 October 1923 – 7 January 2003) was a Scottish professional football player,[2] most notable for scoring a hat-trick for Celtic on the final day of the 1947–48 season that prevented the Glasgow club from being relegated.

  1. ^ Article: SO FAREWELL JOCK WEIR, The Independent
  2. ^ "Jock Weir". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.