John Kurila

John Kurila

Personal information
Full name	John Kurila
Date of birth	10 April 1941
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	6 March 2018 (aged 76)
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1961	Celtic	5	(0)
1962	Hamilton Steelers
1962–1963	Northampton Town	40	(1)
1963	Hamilton Steelers
1963	Bristol City	6	(0)
1963–1968	Northampton Town	108	(3)
1968–1970	Southend United	88	(1)
1970–1972	Colchester United	53	(4)
1972	Lincoln City	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Kurila (10 April 1941 – 6 March 2018) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half in The Football League.

Career

John was born in Scotland of Lithuanian parentage. He was raised in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland. Kurila most notably played for Northampton Town, as well as playing for Celtic, Bristol City, Southend United, Colchester United and Lincoln City. He also spent two summers in Canada playing for Hamilton Steelers of the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.

Kurila settled in the Northampton area after football — he had two separate spells with the Cobblers — and worked in the building trade, notably as a qualified carpenter. John was married to Nan Carr, also from Glasgow, and had 3 children - a daughter Keely, and 2 sons Mick and Alan, who both became footballers at non-league level. In March 2018 it was announced that Kurila had died at the age of 76.

Honours

Club

Northampton Town

• Football League Second Division Runner-up (1): 1964–65
• Football League Third Division Winner (1): 1962–63

External links

• John Kurila at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
• John Kurila at Colchester United Archive Database