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Jack Allister
Personal information
Full name John Grandison Allister
Date of birth (1927-06-30)30 June 1927
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death 11 February 1999(1999-02-11) (aged 71)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Tranent
1951–1952 Chelsea 4 (1)
1952–1958 Aberdeen 117 (20)
1958 Chesterfield
1958–1959 Elgin City
1959–1961 Deveronvale
Total 121 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Grandison Allister (30 June 1927 – 11 February 1999) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a Right half for Chelsea and Aberdeen.[2][1]

Allister was born in Edinburgh and played junior football with Tranent before starting his professional career with Chelsea. After a year and only four games for Chelsea, he returned north and signed for Aberdeen in 1952, where he remained until 1958 He later joined Deveronvale, the Banff-based Scottish Highland Football League club.[3]

Honours

Aberdeen

References

  1. ^ a b Jack Allister, AFC Heritage Tust
  2. ^ "Jack Allister". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Jack Allister". Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
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