John Oswald (footballer) explained

John Oswald
Fullname:	John McGill Oswald
Birth Date:	1869
Birth Place:	Greenock, Scotland
Death Date:	1953^[1]
Death Place:	East Kilbride, Scotland
Position:	Inside right
Years2:	1889–1890
Caps2:	22
Goals2:	6
Years3:	1890–1891
Caps3:	15
Goals3:	1
Caps5:	4
Goals5:	1

John McGill Oswald (1869–1953) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right.^[2] He won the Scottish Cup with Third Lanark alongside his elder brother Jimmy Oswald in 1889, scoring in the victory over Celtic in the final.^[3] Both siblings (who were born in Greenock but relocated to the Gorbals area of Glasgow with their family when very young), then moved to England to play for Notts County.^[4]

References

• Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. 2004.

Notes and References

1. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Oswald&surname_so=fuzzy&forename=John&forename_so=fuzzy&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year=1869&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results
2. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Al1EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ErIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4746%2C3653363 Saturday's Football Matches. Scottish Cup Competition–Final Tie.
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bNREAAAAIBAJ&sjid=trYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5426%2C1174967 Notes on Football and Other Sports.