Matt Forsyth

Matt Forsyth
Personal information
Full name John Matthew Forsyth[1]
Date of birth 14 November 1896
Place of birth Cathcart, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death 1979 (aged 82 or 83)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Shotts Battlefield
Hampden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glasgow Perthshire
1920–1926 Aberdeen 161 (0)
1923Dumbarton Harp (loan) 1 (0)
1926–1928 Forres Mechanics
1928–1929 Keith
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Matthew Forsyth was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, mainly for Aberdeen.

Forsyth joined Aberdeen in 1920 from Junior club Glasgow Perthshire.[2] After almost 200 appearances, he left the club in 1926.[1] Forsyth was one of Aberdeen's first recipients of a benefit game, a 4–4 draw against a former Aberdeen select in 1926.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Matt Forsyth profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "AFC Match Report". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.