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

  1. Web site: John Coshall . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 May 2024 . en.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. 2012. 2002. SoccerData. Nottingham. 978-1-905891-61-0. 66.
  3. Book: Hogg, Tony . Who's Who of West Ham United . 2005 . Profile Sports Media. 1-903135-50-8 . 53.
  4. Web site: John Coshall. westhamstats.info. 24 April 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. Soccer History. 18. The French Menace; The Migration of British Players to France in the 1930s . 19–20.