Denis Lawson (footballer)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 11 December 1897||
Place of birth | Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 23 May 1968 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside-right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Kilsyth Emmett | ||
1919–1923 | St Mirren | 154 | (11) |
1923–1926 | Cardiff City | 64 | (2) |
1926 | Springfield Babes | 23 | (2) |
1926–1927 | Providence Clamdiggers | 16 | (1) |
1927–1928 | Wigan Borough | 28 | (2) |
1928–1929 | Clyde | 7 | (1) |
1930–1931 | Brechin City | 36 | (2) |
International career | |||
1923 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Denis Lawson (11 December 1897 – 23 May 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as an Outside-right.
He started playing professionally for St Mirren in 1920; in 1923 he moved to Cardiff City of the Football League and played 64 matches for them, before moving to USA and playing for Springfield Babes and Providence F.C..[1] He returned to British football in 1927–28 with a move to Wigan Borough, and then finished his career back in Scotland with Clyde and Brechin City.[3]
In 1923 Lawson was capped for Scotland, in a 2–2 draw with England at Hampden Park.[4]
References
- ^ a b Denis Lawson at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "Cardiff City". Athletic News. 24 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League: A Complete Record and Who's Who 1921–1931. Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- 1897 births
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- Sportspeople from Lennoxtown
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- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- English Football League players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Springfield Babes players
- Providence Clamdiggers players
- Wigan Borough F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Association football outside forwards
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish football forward, 1890s birth stubs