John McLaughlin (footballer, born 1890)

John McLaughlin
Personal information
Full name John Herbert McLaughlin
Date of birth 1890
Place of birth Dennistoun, Scotland
Date of death 1973(1973-00-00) (aged 82–83)
Place of death Hamilton, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Blantyre Victoria
– Strathclyde  
1910–1913 Hamilton Academical  77 (10)
1913–1916 Morton  25 (10)
1919–1920 Hamilton Academical  15 (1)
Total 117 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Herbert McLaughlin (1890–1973) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.

In his first year at senior level with Hamilton Academical, he took part in the 1911 Scottish Cup Final, which Accies lost to Celtic after a replay.[1] He also played for Morton before retiring during World War I to pursue his other profession of a dentist, although he returned to Hamilton for one season once the conflict had ended.[2][3]

His father, also John Herbert McLaughlin, was a prominent figure in 19th-century Scottish football, serving as chairman of Celtic and president of both the Scottish Football Association and the Scottish Football League.[4][5]

  1. ^ Scottish Cup–Replayed Final, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1911 (via The Celtic Wiki)
  2. ^ McLaughlin, John (1910), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ The death of John Herbert McLaughlin, Evening Telegraph, 12 August 1909, via Play Up Liverpool
  5. ^ John H McLaughlin: Celtic Founding Father, Fallout Bhoy, Rangers Glee Club Pianist & Man Who Brought Professional League Football To Scotland, Liam Kelly, The Celtic Star, 14 April 2020