| Johnny Darroch | |
| Fullname: | John Darroch |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Bonhill, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
| Height: | 5ft 7+1/2in |
| Position: | Full back |
| Clubs1: | Dumbarton |
| Years2: | –1890 |
| Clubs2: | Renton |
| Years3: | 1890–1892 |
| Clubs3: | Vale of Leven |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1892–1893 |
| Clubs4: | The Wednesday |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1894–1896 |
| Clubs5: | Dundee |
| Caps5: | 36 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1896–1901 |
| Clubs6: | Bury |
| Caps6: | 143 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1901–1902 |
| Clubs7: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Caps7: | 17 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1902–1910 |
| Clubs8: | Dundee |
| Caps8: | 39 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs9: | Dundee Hibernian |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
John Darroch (28 January 1871 – 24 November 1949), sometimes known as Johnny Darroch, Joe Darroch or Jack Darroch, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back for a number of clubs in the Football League and Scottish League.
A full back, Darroch played in the Football League for The Wednesday, Bury and Blackburn Rovers and was a part of Bury's 1899–1900 FA Cup-winning team.[1] [2] He also played in the Scottish League for Dundee and Vale of Leven. Darroch joined Dundee Hibernian at the beginning of the 1910–11 season, but made no competitive appearances and was released in April 1911.[3] During the First World War he played for Dainty's XI, a charity team organised by his former Dundee teammate Herbert Dainty.[4]
Between the end of his football career and his death in 1949, Darroch emigrated to the United States. At the time of his death in November 1949, he was living in Dundee.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vale of Leven | 1890–91[5] | Scottish League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1891–92 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| The Wednesday | 1892–93[6] | First Division | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 1893–94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Dundee | 1894–95[7] | Scottish Division One | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 1895–96 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | 1901–02[8] | First Division | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dundee | 1902–03 | Scottish Division One | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1903–04 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1904–05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1905–06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 91 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 115 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 134 | 0 | |||
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