John Browning (footballer, born 1888)

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John Browning
Personal information
Full name John Browning
Date of birth (1888-11-29)29 November 1888
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death 14 November 1964(1964-11-14) (aged 75)
Place of death Alexandria, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Outside Left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glasgow Perthshire
1908–1909
Dumbarton Harp
1909–1911 Vale of Leven 30 (8)
1911–1919 Celtic 209 (64)
1911
Dumbarton Harp
(loan)
1912Vale of Leven 8 (3)
1919–1920 Chelsea 5 (1)
1920 Vale of Leven
1920–1922 Dumbarton 71 (5)
1922–1924 Vale of Leven 61 (13)
Total 384 (94)
International career
1914 Scotland 1 (0)
1914
Scottish League XI
2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Browning (29 November 1888 – 14 November 1964) was a Scottish footballer who played for

bribery
charges in the early part of the 20th century.

Career

Club

Browning played for local clubs

Dumbarton Harp before arriving at Parkhead in 1911. He was loaned back to his two previous teams during his first year at the club.[2]

He made his league debut for Celtic in a 1–0 victory over

1917 (the league continued during World War I
).

He moved to Chelsea in June 1919 where he made just five league appearances,[4] before signing for Vale of Leven in June 1920, and then Dumbarton in September 1920;[5][6] in 1922 he went back to Vale of Leven again (the club now having re-joined the SFL) for two more years.[2]

International

On 28 February 1914, Browning made his first and only appearance for

Sheffield in the same year.[2]

Personal life

In 1924, he and

Browning's son of the same name was also a footballer;[10] in addition to playing for Liverpool[9] he also appeared for Dumbarton.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Browning, John (1911-19)". Celtic Graves Society. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Celtic player John Browning profile". Fitbastats. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Chelsea player Johnny Browning profile". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  6. ^ "Dumbarton player John Browning (1) profile". Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ John Browning at the Scottish Football Association
  8. ^ "[SFL player] John Browning". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Liverpool player John Browning profile". LFC History. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ Senior Football Players from the Vale of Leven in the 20th Century | Johnny Browning (Outside left: Dumbarton Harp, Vale of Leven, Celtic, Chelsea, Dumbarton. Senior career 1910 - 1924), The Vale of Leven
  11. ^ "Dumbarton player John Browning (2) profile". Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sources
  • Celtic: A complete record 1888-1992 by Paul Lunney ()