| Jock Wilson | |
| Fullname: | John Wilson |
| Birth Date: | 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Sunderland, England |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Dechmont, Scotland |
| Height: | 5ft 9in |
| Position: | Left back |
| Years1: | –1914 |
| Clubs1: | Newmilns |
| Years2: | 1914–1925 |
| Clubs2: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Caps2: | 226 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1925–1928 |
| Clubs3: | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Caps3: | 108 |
| Goals3: | 9 |
| Years4: | 1928–1931 |
| Clubs4: | Hamilton Academical |
| Caps4: | 91 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 1931–1932 |
| Clubs5: | St Johnstone |
| Caps5: | 36 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Penicuik Athletic |
| Nationalyears1: | 1916 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI (wartime) |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
John Wilson (1894 – 4 July 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back and made over 460 appearances in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone.[2] [3] He made one wartime appearance for the Scottish League XI.[4] After retiring as a player, Wilson was involved in the founding of Junior club Haddington Athletic in the late 1930s.[5]
Wilson's father Hughie was a Scottish international footballer who was playing for Sunderland at the time of Wilson's birth. The family eventually moved back to Scotland and settled in Newmilns. After enlisting in April 1916, Wilson served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was wounded on the Western Front in April 1917 and March 1918.[6] As a teenager, Wilson had trained as a lace weaver and he returned to the profession in Ayrshire part-time after the war, before re-entering professional football. He worked at Castle Mills Rubber Works in Fountainbridge during the early years of the First World War and after retiring from football, he ran a fishmongers in Haddington.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Heart of Midlothian | 1914–15[7] | Scottish Division One | 1 | 0 | — | 1[8] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1915–16 | Scottish Division One | 37 | 0 | — | 3[9] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
| 1916–17 | Scottish Division One | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1918–19 | Scottish Division One | 23 | 0 | — | 6[10] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 1919–20 | Scottish Division One | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 1920–21 | Scottish Division One | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1921–22 | Scottish Division One | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[11] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1922–23 | Scottish Division One | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[12] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 1923–24 | Scottish Division One | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[13] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 1924–25 | Scottish Division One | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[14] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 226 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 268 | 0 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1925–26 | Scottish Division Two | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 1926–27 | Scottish Division One | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | |||
| 1927–28 | Scottish Division One | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 41 | 5 | |||
| Total | 108 | 9 | 9 | 2 | — | 117 | 11 | ||||
| Hamilton Academical | 1928–29[15] | Scottish Division One | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 1929–30[16] | Scottish Division One | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1[17] | 0 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 1930–31[18] | Scottish Division One | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Total | 91 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 8 | |||
| St Johnstone | 1931–32 | Scottish Division Two | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 461 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 527 | 19 | |||
Heart of Midlothian
1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24[23] [24] [25]
Dunfermline Athletic
St Johnstone