Joe Cassidy (footballer, born 1896)

Joe Cassidy
Personal information
Full name John Joseph Cassidy[1]
Date of birth (1894-02-14)14 February 1894
Place of birth Govan, Scotland
Date of death 21 July 1949(1949-07-21) (aged 55)[a]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1912 Vale of Clyde
1912–1924 Celtic 188 (92)
1913Abercorn (loan) 1 (0)
1913–1915Ayr United (loan) 50 (4)
1924–1925 Bolton Wanderers 22 (7)
1925–1926 Cardiff City 24 (6)
1926–1928 Dundee 51 (9)
1928–1929 Clyde 14 (9)
1929–1931 Ballymena
1931–1932 Dundalk 13 (3)
1932 Morton 4 (0)
Total 367 (130)
International career
1921–1923[3] Scottish Football League XI 3 (1)
1921–1924[4] Scotland 4 (1)
1930 Irish League XI 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Joseph Cassidy MM (14 February 1894 – 21 July 1949)[5] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside left or centre forward. His career was mainly associated with Celtic – he played for the club between 1912 and 1924, although his football career was interrupted by the First World War, during which he served in the British Army in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th Fife Battalion and won the Military Medal, which led to him being nicknamed "Trooper Joe". He also played for several other Scottish clubs, in England with Bolton Wanderers, in Wales (albeit in the English Football League) with Cardiff City, and on both sides of the border in Ireland with Ballymena and Dundalk. He represented Scotland four times.

  1. ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ "Joe Cassidy – a legendary Celtic century Bhoy". Celtic F.C. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ "[SFL player] Joseph Cassidy". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  4. ^ Joseph Cassidy at the Scottish Football Association
  5. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 50)


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