Johnny McKenzie (footballer)

Johnny McKenzie
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1910
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maryhill Hibernians
1931–1934 Third Lanark 98 (26)
1934–1935 Heart of Midlothian 30 (13)
1935–1938 Aberdeen 107 (19)
1938–1943 Ayr United 25 (9)
St Anthony's
Total 260 (64)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John McKenzie was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right.[2] He played in the Scottish Football League's top division for four clubs over nine consecutive seasons – Third Lanark, Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen and Ayr United – before his career was curtailed by World War II.

His most notable achievement was appearing in the 1937 Scottish Cup Final which Aberdeen lost 2–1 to Celtic;[3] the Dons were also runners-up in the 1936–37 Scottish Division One table behind Rangers, having been third behind the Old Firm teams the previous season – McKenzie missed only three matches across those two campaigns.[1] In his single year with Hearts, they also finished third in the league table and lost out in the semi-finals of the 1934–35 Scottish Cup after a replay.[4]

At representative level, he was selected for the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in October 1933, scoring twice.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference afcht was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
  3. ^ "Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen, Scottish Cup Final (contemporary newspaper scans)". 24 April 1937. Retrieved 4 June 2020 – via The Celtic Wiki.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference lhhom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Football | Glasgow Success at Sheffield, The Glasgow Herald, 24 October 1933