| John Barron | |
| Fullname: | John Salmond Barron |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Westfield, New Jersey, United States |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Years1: | –1901 |
| Clubs1: | Orion |
| Years2: | 1901–1902 |
| Clubs2: | Dundee |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1902–1903 |
| Clubs3: | Orion |
| Years4: | 1903–1904 |
| Clubs4: | Aberdeen |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1904 |
| Clubs5: | Brentford |
| Caps5: | 9 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 1904 |
| Clubs6: | Dundee |
John Salmond Barron (17 February 1879 – 24 July 1908) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Dundee as an inside right.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Brentford.[2]
Barron emigrated to the United States in September 1905 and died of electrocution while working on overhead wires in Westfield, New Jersey in 1908.[3] He was buried in Rahway Public Cemetery.[4]
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dundee | 1901–02[5] | Scottish League First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Aberdeen | 1903–04 | Northern League | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Brentford | 1903–04 | Southern League First Division | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |||