| John Shankly | |
| Fullname: | John Dunlop Shankly |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Glenbuck, Scotland |
| Position: | Inside right, outside right |
| Clubs1: | Glenbuck Cherrypickers |
| Years2: | –1922 |
| Clubs2: | Nithsdale Wanderers |
| Years3: | 1922–1923 |
| Clubs3: | Portsmouth |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1924–1925 |
| Clubs4: | Luton Town |
| Caps4: | 46 |
| Goals4: | 20 |
| Years5: | 1930 |
| Clubs5: | Alloa Athletic |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 1930–1931 |
| Clubs6: | Blackpool |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1931–1933 |
| Clubs7: | Morton |
| Caps7: | 45 |
| Goals7: | 9 |
| Years8: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs8: | King's Park |
| Caps8: | 28 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Years9: | 1934–1936 |
| Clubs9: | Alloa Athletic |
| Caps9: | 35 |
| Goals9: | 15 |
| Clubs10: | Dalbeattie Star |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
John Dunlop Shankly (4 November 1903 – 18 May 1960) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League and the Football League.[1] [2]
Shankly's brothers Alec, Bill, Jimmy and Bob all became footballers.[3] After retiring from football, he returned to work as a miner.[4] Shankly died at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary on 18 May 1960, after suffering a heart attack during the 1960 European Cup Final earlier that evening.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Portsmouth | 1922–23[5] | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1923–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Luton Town | 1924–25[6] | Third Division South | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
| 1925–26 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | |||
| Total | 46 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 21 | |||
| Alloa Athletic | 1930–31 | Scottish Division Two | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Morton | 1930–31 | Scottish Division One | 9 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1931–32 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |||
| 1932–33 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Total | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 9 | |||
| King's Park | 1933–34 | Scottish Division Two | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| Alloa Athletic | 1934–35 | Scottish Division Two | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1935–36 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | |||
| Alloa Athletic total | 48 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 124 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 128 | 33 | |||