John Lyall (16 April 1881 – 17 February 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Lyall[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 February 1944 (aged 62)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Detroit, United States[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1899–1901 | Jarrow | ||
| 1901–1909 | Sheffield Wednesday | 263 | (0) |
| 1909–1911 | Manchester City | 40 | (0) |
| 1911–1914 | Dundee | 83 | (0) |
| 1914–1915 | Ayr United | 48 | (0) |
| 1915–1917 | Jarrow | ||
| Total | 303 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1905 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Dundee but raised on Tyneside,[4] Lyall played club football for Jarrow, Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City and Dundee, and made one appearance for Scotland in 1905.[5]
He made 295 appearances in all competitions for Wednesday[3] and won the Football League title twice (1902–03, 1903–04) and the FA Cup once (1907) during his eight years with them.[5]
He made 44 appearances in all competitions for Manchester City[6] and won the Second Division title in 1909–10 during his time with them.[5]
Personal life
editLyall served as a corporal in the Royal Engineers during the First World War and was deployed in India.[7] He later emigrated to the United States.[5][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 180. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b "Profile". The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
- ^ a b c d Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 160.
- ^ "Profile". BlueMoon. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Jack Lyall | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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