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Jock Ditchburn

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Jock Ditchburn
Personal information
Full name John Hurst Ditchburn
Date of birth (1897-03-13)13 March 1897[1]
Place of birth Leeds, England
Date of death January 1992 (aged 94)
Place of death Exeter, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1921 Blantyre Thistle
1921–1922 Cambuslang Rangers
1922–1923 Blantyre Victoria
1923–1926 Sunderland 6 (0)
1926–1928 Exeter City 51 (0)
1928–1929 Exeter Loco
1929–1932 Exeter City 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hurst Ditchburn (13 March 1897 – January 1992) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Sunderland and Exeter City.[2][3] He was born in Leeds and settled in Exeter, but had spent most of his childhood in Cambuslang, Scotland and began his career with local clubs.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Jock Ditchburn". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Jock Ditchburn, The StatCat
  4. ^ Ditchburn, John, The Grecian Archive