Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Bryson Hunter | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Johnstone, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 12 January 1966 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Westmarch XI | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1897–1899 | Abercorn | 20 | (14) |
1899–1902 | Liverpool | 37 | (10) |
1902–1904 | Heart of Midlothian | 43 | (14) |
1904–1905 | Woolwich Arsenal | 22 | (4) |
1905–1907 | Portsmouth | 37 | (11) |
1907–1910 | Dundee | 61 | (46) |
1910–1911 | Clyde | 17 | (4) |
Total | 237 | (103) | |
International career | |||
1909 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1911–1946 | Motherwell | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Bryson Hunter (6 April 1878 – 12 January 1966), also known as "Sailor" Hunter, was a Scottish football player and manager.[1] He is most notable as Motherwell's first and longest-serving manager, who guided the team to their only Scottish league title in the 1931–32 season.