John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)

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John Cameron
Cameron, c. 1908
Personal information
Full name John Cameron[1]
Date of birth 13 April 1872
Place of birth Ayr, Scotland
Date of death 20 April 1935(1935-04-20) (aged 63)[2]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1895 Ayr Parkhouse
1895 Queen's Park 0 (0)
1895–1898 Everton 42 (12)
1896 Queen's Park 0 (0)
1898–1907 Tottenham Hotspur 111 (43)
International career
1896 Scotland 1 (0)
Managerial career
1899–1907 Tottenham Hotspur
1907–1914 Dresdner SC
1918–1919 Ayr United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Cameron (13 April 1872 – 20 April 1935) was a Scottish

First World War he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany. After the war he coached Ayr United for one season and then became a football journalist, author and publisher.[3]
He had previously worked as a columnist for various newspapers before the war.

Early career

Born in Ayr and educated at Ayr Grammar School, Cameron began his career with local club Ayr Parkhouse, before moving to Queen's Park in early 1895.[4] He made 5 Glasgow Cup appearances and scored one goal for the Spiders (who were not members of the Scottish Football League at the time).[2]

He worked in a shipping office in

1896 British Home Championship
.

In February 1898 while contracted to play for Everton, Cameron became involved in the movement toward unionisation of footballers in defiance of both League directives and club proposals which resulted in the power of players to seek high earnings. As the League were not willing to negotiate on this point Cameron broke contract with Everton and went to play for Tottenham Hotspur in the Southern Football League, directly because that League did not support the proposal to limit earnings.

Tottenham Hotspur

Ogden's Cigarette card of John Cameron after winning the 1900–01 FA Cup.

In May 1898 Cameron was signed by

English League to win the competition. Under Cameron, the club also finished as a runners-up in the Southern League in 1902 and 1904
. Cameron scored 139 goals in 293 appearances, including 43 goals in 111 appearances in the Southern League. He resigned as Tottenham manager in March 1907.

Prisoner in Germany

After Tottenham Hotspur, Cameron worked briefly as a sport journalist, before going to Germany to coach

First World War broke out and he was subsequently interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in the Spandau district of Berlin.[4] The camp contained between 4,000 and 5,500 prisoners. Gradually a mini-society evolved and football became a popular activity. Cup and league competitions were organised and as many as 1,000 attended the bigger games. Cameron was prominent in organising and playing football within the camp and was secretary of the Ruhleben Football Association.[4]
During his time at the camp he was also a member of the Ruhleben Tennis Association.

Cameron was one of several former professional footballers at Ruhleben. Others included former England internationals Fred Pentland, Samuel Wolstenholme and Steve Bloomer, a German international Edwin Dutton and one of his former Tottenham players, John Brearley. On 2 May 1915 an England XI featuring Pentland, Wolstenholme, Brearley and Bloomer played a World XI captained by Cameron.[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1896 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Player

Scotland

Player/Manager

Tottenham Hotspur

Sources

  • Who's Who of Everton (2004): Tony Matthews
  • Brown, Paul (2020). The Ruhleben Football Association: How Steve Bloomer's Footballers Survived a First World War Prison Camp. Goal Post.
    ISBN 9780995541238
    .

References

  1. ISBN 978-1905891610
    .
  2. ^ a b c "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ^ Books and Writers – Association Football Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine at www.booksandwriters.co.uk
  4. ^ a b c d "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d Fennelly, John. "In Step with Cameron's Army" (PDF). Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ Giant Killers 1899
  7. ISBN 9780995541238
    .

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