Jackie Milne
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Vance Milne | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 29 August 1959 | ||
Place of death | Mauchline, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Ashfield | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1932 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
1935–1936 | Arsenal | ||
1937–1939 | Middlesbrough | ||
1939–1945 | → Dumbarton (wartime)[1] | ||
1946–1947 | Asturias F.C. | ||
International career | |||
1938–1939 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1945–1946 | Dumbarton | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Vance Milne (25 March 1911 – 29 August 1959) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Arsenal and Middlesbrough.[2] Arsenal won the old First Division in 1937–38 and he made 16 league appearances, enough for a winners' medal.[3] At the end of World War II, he accepted an invitation to play in Mexico, alongside Tom McKillop and Jimmy Hickie.[4]
Milne represented Scotland twice.[5]
Honours
Arsenal
References
- ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
- ^ "John Vance Milne". www.11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "1937-38 competition statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ Scottish football's Mexican adventure in 1946, Scottish Sport History, 29 May 2018
- ^ "John Milne". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
Categories:
- 1911 births
- Sportspeople from Stirling
- Scottish footballers
- Association football wingers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scotland international footballers
- Scotland wartime international footballers
- Dumbarton F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Ashfield F.C. players
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Liga MX players
- Asturias F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish football managers
- Dumbarton F.C. managers
- 1959 deaths