Jack Lyall Explained

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.

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 . 16 October 2012 . Tony Brown . 9781905891610 . 3rd Revised . 180.
  2. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.
  3. Book: Mitchell, Andy . The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 . Amazon . 2021 . 9798513846642.
  4. Book: Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Paul Smith. Pitch Publishing. 2013. 160.
  5. Web site: Profile. 9 May 2015. The Sheffield Wednesday Archive.
  6. Web site: Profile. 9 May 2015. BlueMoon.
  7. Web site: Jack Lyall Service Record. Football and the First World War. en. 11 December 2018.