John Coshall Explained
| John Coshall |
| Fullname: | John William Macdonald Coshall |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1901[1] |
| Birth Place: | Erith, England |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Clubs1: | Erith & Belvedere |
| Years2: | 1928–1929 |
| Clubs2: | West Ham United |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Cannes |
John William Macdonald Coshall (21 January 1901 – 1975) was an English footballer who played as a left-back in the Football League for West Ham United. He later played for French club AS Cannes.[2]
Coshall joined West Ham United for the 1928–29 season, along with Erith teammate Arthur Smith, after impressing during preseason games.[3] He made two First Division appearances for the east London club.[4] He went on to join AS Cannes, part of a contingent of British players in the South of France around that time; contemporaries at the club with League experience were Ted Donaghy, Stan Hillier and Willie Aitken.[5] [6]
Notes and References
- Web site: John Coshall . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 May 2024 . en.
- Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. 2012. 2002. SoccerData. Nottingham. 978-1-905891-61-0. 66.
- Book: Hogg, Tony . Who's Who of West Ham United . 2005 . Profile Sports Media. 1-903135-50-8 . 53.
- Web site: John Coshall. westhamstats.info. 24 April 2018.
- Taylor . Matthew . 2010 . Football's Engineers? British Football Coaches, Migration and Intercultural Transfer, c.1910–c.1950s . Sport in History . 32 . 5 . 138–163 . 10.1080/17460261003617011 . 143758531 . Cornelius's connections were doubtless significant in the move of two other former Erith and Belvedere players, Stan Hillier and John Coshall, to AS Cannes at around the same time.
- Soccer History. 18. The French Menace; The Migration of British Players to France in the 1930s . 19–20.
