John Young (1888 – 25 September 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Scottish League for Morton, Celtic, Ayr and Dundee Hibernian.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Young[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 September 1915 (aged 28)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Hohenzollern Redoubt, France | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1908 | Strathclyde | ||
| 1908–1913 | Celtic | 4 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | → Morton (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 1910 | → Ayr (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | → Dundee Hibernian (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1912–1913 | → Dundee Hibernian (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Young worked as a foundry labourer and was married with one child.[3] During the early months of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and arrived on the Western Front,[4] in trenches at Locon, France, on 30 June 1915.[3] Young was killed on 25 September 1915, during a frontal attack on Little Willie Trench, north of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, during the Battle of Loos.[3] He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Celtic | 1908–09[1] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1909–10[5] | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1910–11[5] | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Morton (loan) | 1908–09[1] | Scottish First Division | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| Ayr (loan) | 1909–10[1] | Scottish Second Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Dundee Hibernian (loan) | 1911–12[6] | Scottish Second Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 4 | ||