John Cross
Personal information
Full name John Halliday Cross[1]
Date of birth 12 February 1881
Place of birth Cambusnethan, Scotland
Date of death 1954 (aged 7273)
Place of death Cambusnethan, Scotland
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wishaw Thistle
1898–1904 Third Lanark 91 (11)
1904–1905 Queens Park Rangers 21 (0)
1905–1911 Third Lanark 101 (10)
1910–1911Wishaw Thistle (loan)
International career
1903 Scotland 1 (0)
1903 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Halliday Cross (12 February 1881 – 1954) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 190 appearances in the Scottish League for Third Lanark over two spells,[1] winning the league title in 1903–04 and playing in the 1906 Scottish Cup Final. He also played for Petershill, Queens Park Rangers[2] and Wishaw Thistle[3] and won one cap for Scotland at international level,[4][5] in addition to representing the Scottish League XI.[6] He was the brother of fellow Third Lanark and QPR footballer Willie Cross.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Third Lanark Player John H. Cross Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. Seasonal Stats | Files, QPRnet
  3. [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  4. Smith 2013, p. 63.
  5. "Scottish Football Association". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "John H Cross - Scotland Football League Record from 28 Feb 1903 to 28 Feb 1903 clubs - Third Lanark". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. Dundee Evening Post. 19 October 1901. p. 3.
Sources
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
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