John Ballantyne (footballer) explained

John Ballantyne
Birth Date:30 June 1892
Birth Place:Riccarton, Scotland
Death Place:Scotland
Height:[1]
Position:Outside right
Youthclubs1:Kenmuirhill Athletic
Years1:1912
Caps1:6
Goals1:1
Years2:1912–1913
Caps2:20
Goals2:4
Years3:1913–1915
Caps3:20
Goals3:2
Years4:1915–1916
Years5:1916
Clubs5:Rangers
Caps5:1
Goals5:0
Years6:1916–1918
Years7:1918–19??

John Ballantyne (30 June 1892 – after 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 20 appearances in the English Football League playing for Birmingham and played for Scottish Football League clubs Kilmarnock, Vale of Leven and Rangers. He played as an outside right.[2]

Ballantyne was born in Riccarton, Ayrshire.[2] He played for Kilmarnock[3] and Vale of Leven[4] before coming to England to join Football League Second Division club Birmingham in April 1913.[5] He made his debut on 26 April 1913, the last day of the 1912–13 season, in a 2–1 win at home to Grimsby Town.[6] He played fairly regularly the following season, but thereafter lost his place to Richard Gibson, and when the First World War forced the suspension of the English leagues, Ballantyne returned to Scotland, initially with Vale of Leven. Towards the end of the 1915–16 season, he joined Rangers, for whom he played one game in the Scottish Football League Division One, in a 1–1 draw at St Mirren on 17 April 1916.[5] [7] He then returned to Vale of Leven, and joined Dumfries in 1918.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: The 1914–15 season at hand . Old Blue . Sports Argus . Birmingham . 29 August 1914 . 1.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData (Tony Brown) . Nottingham . 2004 . 15 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. Web site: Kilmarnock: Player Details: Ballantyne, ? . Fitbastats.com . Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson . 19 September 2016.
  4. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  5. Book: Matthews, Tony . Birmingham City: A Complete Record . 1995 . Breedon Books . Derby . 70 . 978-1-85983-010-9.
  6. Matthews, p. 159.
  7. Web site: Season 1915–16 . The Rangers History Project . 17 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905200244/http://www.rangershistory.co.uk/seasons/1915-16.html . 5 September 2008 . unfit.