| John Bayne | |
| Fullname: | John Bayne |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Ramoyle, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Richebourg-Saint-Vaast, France |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Years1: | 1898 |
| Clubs1: | Reading |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1899 |
| Clubs2: | Brentford |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1902–1903 |
| Clubs3: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1903 |
| Clubs4: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1903 |
| Clubs5: | Brentford |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
John Bayne (23 November 1877 – 21 July 1915) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Southern League for Reading and Brentford as a centre forward. He also played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[1]
Bayne was married with three children. He enlisted in the British Army on 17 February 1896 and served as a private in the Black Watch during the Second Boer War. Between the end of his service and the outbreak of the First World War, Bayne worked in a mill in Dunblane. He was recalled to the Black Watch after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and was killed by a rifle grenade at Richebourg-Saint-Vaast on the Western Front on 21 July 1915. Bayne was buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1899–1900[2] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Raith Rovers | 1902–03 | Scottish League First Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brentford | 1902–03 | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||