John May (footballer, born 1878)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John May | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Dykehead, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 25 July 1933 | (aged 55)||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1897–1898 | Abercorn | 18 | (2) |
1898–1904 | Derby County | 179 | (17) |
1904–1910 | Rangers | 129 | (13) |
1910–1915 | Morton | 118 | (5) |
Total | 444 | (37) | |
International career | |||
1906–1909 | Scotland | 5 | (0) |
1906–1908[1] | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John May (15 April 1878 – 25 July 1933) was a Scottish football player.
Football career
Club
He played as a left half-back (comparable to a modern midfielder) and started his career at Paisley club Abercorn. He played for a couple more clubs before signing for Derby County. Whilst there he played in two losing FA Cup finals (1899 and 1903).[2] May made 179 league appearances for Derby, scoring 17 goals.[3]
He joined Rangers in May 1904 and went on to play 148 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup (16 goals)[4] however his spell at the club coincided almost exactly with a period when rivals Celtic were dominant, and May did not claim a winner's medal in either of the major competitions before he moved on to Morton in 1910.[5]
International
May won five international caps for Scotland between 1906 and 1909.[6]
References
- ^ SFL player John May, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Derby County: The Story of a football club (abridged sample, page 21), Anton Rippon, 2013, ISBN 978-0992677909
- ^ John May at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Rangers player May, John, FitbaStats
- ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
- ^ John May at the Scottish Football Association
- 1878 births
- 1933 deaths
- Scotland international footballers
- Rangers F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Scottish footballers
- Association football wing halves
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Sportspeople from North Lanarkshire
- Abercorn F.C. players