John McLean (born 22 May 1872) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool in The Football League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 May 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1890–1894 | Greenock Volunteers | ||
| 1894–1897 | Liverpool | 26 | (0) |
| 1897–1898 | Grimsby Town | 30 | (2) |
| 1898–1902 | Bristol City | ||
| 1902–1904 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | (1) |
| 1904–1906 | Millwall | ||
| 1906–1909 | Queens Park Rangers | 73 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
McLean signed for Liverpool from the Scottish junior ranks during the 1894–95 Football League season as reinforcement for their defence which was not performing well. He made his debut against Stoke in a 3–1 defeat, and made a further 20 appearances that season. He featured less in the following campaign as the only two positions he could play (right and left back) were occupied, so he made a total of eight more appearances for Liverpool before he left in 1897.[1]
He thereafter moved around several clubs, mainly being used in the centre half position,[2] firstly to Grimsby Town (where he was brought in as a replacement for Sandy Higgins),[3] and later Bristol City, Bristol Rovers,[4] Millwall and Queens Park Rangers, winning the 1907–08 Southern Football League title with the West Londoners[5] and playing in the subsequent 1908 FA Charity Shield.[6][a]
References
edit- ^ "John McLean". LFC History. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Grimsby Town Football Club, Leeds Mercury, 7 August 1897, via Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History, Stephen Byrne, Mike Jay; Amberley Publishing Limited, 2014; ISBN 9781445636474
- ^ Southern League Champions 1907-08, QPR Report, 31 March 2011
- ^ The Eighth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – John McLean, Independent R's, 18 June 2014
- ^ In the source, his record has been merged with that of a later Liverpool player of the same name and position.