Johnny Grainger Explained

Johnny Grainger
Birth Place:Scotland
Position:Inside forward
Clubs1:St Mirren
Clubs2:Alloa Athletic
Clubs3:Dumbarton
Years4:1922–1928
Clubs4:Bethlehem Steel
Caps4:126
Goals4:33
Years5:1928–1929
Clubs5:Fall River F.C.
Caps5:36
Goals5:5
Years6:1929
Clubs6:IRT Rangers
Caps6:3
Goals6:0
Years7:1929–1930
Clubs7:New Bedford Whalers
Caps7:27
Goals7:5

Johnny Grainger was a Scottish association football inside forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League.

In December 1922, Grainger signed with Bethlehem Steel.[1] Grainger remained with Bethlehem Steel through the 1927–28 season. In August 1928, Grainger and Bethlehem Steel could not agree on a contract and the team placed him on the transfer list. Fall River F.C. picked him up and he played the 1928–1929 season in Massachusetts.[2] In August 1929, Grainger moved to the IRT Rangers of the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[3] He played four games, then moved to the New Bedford Whalers by November 1929.

International

Grainger was called into the US for a 6 November 1926 game against Canada, but did not enter the game.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PATERSON HERE ON SATURDAY (Grainger misidentified as Tom Granger) . Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org . 12 December 1922.
  2. Web site: A Swing Along Athletic Row. The Globe . Bethlehem 21 August 1928 . Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org . 21 August 1928.
  3. Web site: A Swing Along Athletic Row . The Globe-Times . Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org . 17 August 1929.
  4. Web site: 3 STEELMEN TO PLAY IN BIG SOCCER TILT: Carnihan, Granger and Smith to Be in All U. S. Lineup Against Canadians . Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org . 30 October 1926.
  5. Web site: USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html . 13 January 2010 .