John Donoghue (footballer)
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | [a] | 8 December 1902||
Place of birth | New York City, United States | ||
Date of death | 11 July 1971 | (aged 68)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
St Francis | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1928 | Shawfield Juniors | ||
1926–1930 | Celtic | 48 | (1) |
1930–1932 | Wrexham | ||
1932 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
1932–1935 | Excelsior Roubaix | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Donoghue was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back.
Career[]
Born in New York City to Irish parents who then moved to Scotland when he was young, Donoghue played for Shawfield Juniors, Celtic,[1] Wrexham[2][3] and Excelsior Roubaix.[4]
He won two Glasgow Cups with Celtic and played on the losing side in the 1928 Scottish Cup Final; he took part in earlier rounds the previous season when they won the trophy, but was not involved in the final.[5][6][unreliable source?][7]
References[]
- ^ Some sources give 22 January 1903.
- ^ Jim Craig – Celtic win Tennent’s Sixes, then it’s 6-0 in Scottish Cup, The Celtic Star, 22 January 2019
- ^ The Wigan Borough Story, Official Wigan Athletic Supporters Club
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
- ^ (Celtic player) John Donoghue, FitbaStats
- ^ "Donoghue, John". The Celtic Wiki.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
|journal=
(help)
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1971 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Footballers from Glasgow
- People from Gorbals
- American soccer players
- Sportspeople from New York City
- American emigrants to Scotland
- American people of Irish descent
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Celtic F.C. players
- Wrexham A.F.C. players
- Excelsior AC (France) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- American expatriate soccer players
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in France
- American expatriate sportspeople in France
- Shawfield F.C. players
- Association football defenders
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football defender, 1900s birth stubs