| John Young | |
| Fullname: | John Young |
| Birth Date: | 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 25 September 1915 (aged 28) |
| Death Place: | near Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
| Position: | Inside right |
| Years1: | –1908 |
| Clubs1: | Strathclyde |
| Years2: | 1908–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Celtic |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1908–1909 |
| Clubs3: | → Morton (loan) |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 1910 |
| Clubs4: | → Ayr (loan) |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs5: | → Dundee Hibernian (loan) |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1912–1913 |
| Clubs6: | → Dundee Hibernian (loan) |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
John Young (1888 – 25 September 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Scottish League for Morton, Celtic, Ayr and Dundee Hibernian.[1]
Young worked as a foundry labourer and was married with one child.[2] During the early months of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and arrived on the Western Front,[3] in trenches at Locon, France, on 30 June 1915. Young was killed on 25 September 1915, during a frontal attack on Little Willie Trench, north of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, during the Battle of Loos. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Celtic | 1908–09 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1909–10[4] | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1910–11 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Morton (loan) | 1908–09 | Scottish First Division | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Ayr (loan) | 1909–10 | Scottish Second Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Dundee Hibernian (loan) | 1911–12[5] | Scottish Second Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 4 | |||