John Kurila Explained

John Kurila
Fullname:John Kurila
Birth Date:10 April 1941
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Date:6 March 2018 (aged 76)
Position:Wing half
Years1:1958–1961
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Years2:1962
Clubs2:Hamilton Steelers
Years3:1962–1963
Caps3:40
Goals3:1
Years4:1963
Clubs4:Hamilton Steelers
Years5:1963
Caps5:6
Goals5:0
Years6:1963–1968
Caps6:108
Goals6:3
Years7:1968–1970
Caps7:88
Goals7:1
Years8:1970–1972
Caps8:53
Goals8:4
Years9:1972
Caps9:24
Goals9:0
Totalcaps:324
Totalgoals:9

John Kurila (10 April 1941 – 6 March 2018) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half in The Football League.

Career

John was born in Scotland of Lithuanian parentage. He was raised in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland. Kurila most notably played for Northampton Town, as well as playing for Celtic, Bristol City, Southend United, Colchester United and Lincoln City.[1] He also spent two summers in Canada playing for Hamilton Steelers of the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.[2] [3] Kurila settled in the Northampton area after football — he had two separate spells with the Cobblers — and worked in the building trade, notably as a qualified carpenter. He was married to Nan Carr, also from Glasgow, and had three children - a daughter Keely, and two sons, Mick and Alan, who both became footballers at non-League level.[4] Kurila died in March 2018 at the age of 76.[5]

Honours

Club

Northampton Town[6] [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Kurila . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 23 March 2011.
  2. Web site: John Kurila . NTFC . NTFC . 16 September 2018.
  3. Book: Jose, Colin. On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. 2001. Vaughan, Ontario. 213.
  4. Web site: Caught in Time . Rob Maul . Times Online . 23 March 2011.
  5. https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/legendary-cobblers-centre-half-john-kurila-has-died-1-8403857 Legendary Cobblers centre-half John Kurila has died
  6. Web site: Tier Two (Championship) Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  7. Web site: Tier Three (League One) Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.