John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)
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Cameron c. 1908 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Cameron | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Ayr, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 20 April 1935 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –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 footballer and manager. He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer. In 1899 he became player-manager at Tottenham Hotspur and guided them to victory in the 1901 FA Cup. As a result, they became the only club outside the English Football League to win the competition. In 1898 he became the first secretary of the Association Footballers' Union, which was the ill-fated fore-runner of the Professional Footballers' Association. He later coached Dresdner SC and during the 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. He had previously worked as a columnist for various newspapers before the war.