| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 January 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 27 December 1954(1954-12-27) (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Clydebank Juniors | ||
| 1913–1923 | Celtic | 203 | (6) |
| 1916–1917 | → Fulham (loan) | ||
| 1922 | → Birmingham (loan) | ||
| 1923 | → Ayr United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1923–1925 | Queen of the South | 40 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John McMaster (4 January 1893 – 27 December 1954) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Queen of the South, as a left half or centre half. He won the Scottish Football League title with Celtic in the 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16 and 1921–22 seasons, the Scottish Cup in 1914, two Glasgow Cups and three Charity Cups.
He also fought in World War I serving with the Royal Army Service Corps, and was wounded in France in 1918. He was selected for the British Army football team in a 1917 fundraising match, and had played in the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in 1914, but received no further representative honours.
References
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "[Celtic player] McMaster, John". FitbaStats. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "If You Know The History: 27th December: John McMaster". Jim Craig Celtic Supporter's Club. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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- 1893 births
- 1954 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Footballers from Port Glasgow
- Men's association football wing halves
- Men's association football central defenders
- Celtic F.C. players
- Clydebank Juniors F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. wartime guest players
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Army Service Corps soldiers
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football defender, 1890s birth stubs