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John Steel
Personal information
Full name John Steel
Date of birth 24 October 1902
Place of birth Denny, Scotland
Date of death 1976 (aged 73–74)
Place of death Denny, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Denny Hibernian
1921–1925 Hamilton Academical 127 (10)
1925–1931 Burnley 145 (5)
Total 272 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Steel (24 October 1902 – 1976) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half for Hamilton Academical and Burnley. In 1923 he was a guest member of Third Lanark's squad which toured South America.

His wife Isa was the sister of George Sommerville, a teammate at Hamilton and Burnley.

References

  1. Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ Steel, John (1921), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  3. Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.
  4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. SoccerData.
  5. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
  7. Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786


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