John McMaster
Personal information
Date of birth 4 January 1893
Place of birth Port Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 27 December 1954(1954-12-27) (aged 61)
Place of death Greenock, Scotland
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Clydebank Juniors
1913–1923 Celtic 203 (6)
1916–1917Fulham (loan)
1922Birmingham (loan)
1923Ayr United (loan) 0 (0)
1923–1925 Queen of the South 40 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John McMaster (4 January 1893 – 27 December 1954) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Queen of the South, as a left half or centre half.[1] He won the Scottish Football League title with Celtic in the 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16 and 1921–22 seasons, the Scottish Cup in 1914, two Glasgow Cups and three Charity Cups.[2]

He also fought in World War I serving with the Royal Army Service Corps, and was wounded in France in 1918. [3] He was selected for the British Army football team in a 1917 fundraising match, and had played in the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in 1914, but received no further representative honours.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "[Celtic player] McMaster, John". FitbaStats. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. "If You Know The History: 27th December: John McMaster". Jim Craig Celtic Supporter's Club. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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