Jock McNab
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John McNab | ||
Date of birth | 17 April 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Cleland, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 2 January 1949 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Bootle, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Bellshill Athletic | ||
1919–1928 | Liverpool | 200 | (6) |
1928–1930 | Queens Park Rangers | 54 | (2) |
Total | 254 | (6) | |
International career | |||
1923 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John McNab (17 April 1894 – 2 January 1949)
Playing career
Club
Born in
McNab, a wing-half, struggled to break into the starting line-up during his first two seasons at Liverpool; he made just three appearances in this spell. It wasn't until ten games into the 1921–22 campaign that McNab nailed a permanent role in manager David Ashworth's plans but only after Jack Bamber and Francis Checkland had started the first fixtures; he took his chance well and only missed four of the remaining matches in the first of the back-to-back title winning seasons. McNab added a second winner's medal to his collection when he missed just tyree matches of the 1922–23 season.
McNab remained a stalwart of the Reds backline for four more years when he was allowed to leave for West London club Queens Park Rangers in June 1928 at the age of 34. McNab had appeared in a red shirt 222 times, exactly 200 in the league, scoring 6 goals, all of which were in the league. He played regularly for QPR for two years before retiring.[3] He later ran a hotel in Bootle, Merseyside.
International
McNab was picked for Scotland once, in a British Championship match against Wales on 17 March 1923.[2] The game was played at Love Street, Paisley and finished in a 2–0 victory for the Scots.[2]
Honours
- Liverpool
- Football League First Division: winner 1921–22, 1922–23
References
- ^ Junius (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Liverpool". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ a b c Jock McNab at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ Seasonal Stats | Files, QPRnet