Jack Lyall | |
Fullname: | John Lyall[1] |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1881 |
Birth Place: | Dundee, Scotland |
Death Date: | [2] |
Death Place: | Detroit, United States |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1899–1901 |
Clubs1: | Jarrow |
Years2: | 1901–1909 |
Clubs2: | Sheffield Wednesday |
Caps2: | 263 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1909–1911 |
Clubs3: | Manchester City |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1911–1914 |
Clubs4: | Dundee |
Caps4: | 83 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1914–1915 |
Clubs5: | Ayr United |
Caps5: | 48 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1915–1917 |
Clubs6: | Jarrow |
Totalcaps: | 303 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1905 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
John Lyall (16 April 1881 – 17 February 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Born in Dundee but raised on Tyneside,[3] Lyall played club football for Jarrow, Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City and Dundee, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1905.[4]
He made 295 appearances in all competitions for Wednesday[5] and won the Football League title twice (1902–03, 1903–04) and the FA Cup once (1907) during his eight years with them.[4]
He made 44 appearances in all competitions for Manchester City[6] and won the Second Division title in 1909–10 during his time with them.[4]
Lyall served as a corporal in the Royal Engineers during the First World War and was deployed in India.[7] He later emigrated to the United States.[4] [3]