Johnny Grainger was a Scottish association football inside forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St Mirren | |||
| Alloa Athletic | |||
| Dumbarton | |||
| 1922–1928 | Bethlehem Steel | 126 | (33) |
| 1928–1929 | Fall River F.C. | 36 | (5) |
| 1929 | IRT Rangers | 3 | (0) |
| 1929–1930 | New Bedford Whalers | 27 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
editGrainger was called into the US for a 6 November 1926 game against Canada, but did not enter the game.[4][5]
External links
edit- Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
References
edit- ^ "PATERSON HERE ON SATURDAY (Grainger misidentified as Tom Granger)". Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 12 December 1922.
- ^ "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe. Bethlehem 21 August 1928: Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 21 August 1928.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe-Times. Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 17 August 1929.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010.