Johnny Houston
John Houston MM was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League for Everton and in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle.[1][2] He was capped by Ireland at international level and represented the Irish League XI.[3]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | John Houston[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Ahoghill, Ireland | ||
Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
South End Olymic | |||
–1913 | Linfield | ||
1913–1915 | Everton | 26 | (2) |
1915–1919 | Linfield | ||
1919 | Ulster Rangers | ||
1919–1920 | Partick Thistle | 17 | (0) |
National team | |||
1912 | Irish League XI | 2 | (0) |
1912–1914 | Ireland | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Personal life
Houston served in the Royal Irish Rifles before and during the First World War and held the rank of acting colour sergeant.[4] He won the Military Medal in 1917 for conspicuous bravely, when "during an attack on the enemy’s lines all the officers were put out of action and Sergeant Houston took command of his platoon. He led the attack in face of a murderous fire, advance 100 yards and succeeded in taking and holding the objective for 36 hours until relief arrived".[5]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 1912–13[6] | First Division | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1913–14[6] | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
1914–15[6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
Partick Thistle | 1919–20[2] | Scottish First Division | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
Career total | 43 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 3 |
gollark: This isn't spam.
gollark: https://forums.computercraft.cc/index.php?topic=166.msg333;boardseen#new
gollark: New server? Where?
gollark: I mean, I can't really *either*, so my hypothetical server would just use Forge tools and not... actually do permissions at all.
gollark: I don't think any of the admin team actually knows how permissions work.
References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 144. ISBN 190589161X.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- "Johnny Houston". NIFG. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "John Houston | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "December 1917". bluecorrespondent.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "John Houston | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.