Jock Collier

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Jock Collier
Full name	John C Collier
Date of birth	February 1, 1897
Place of birth	Dysart, Scotland
Date of death	1940
Place of death	Kingston upon Hull, England
Playing position	Right Half
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1920-1925 1926-1927 1928	Victoria Hawthorn Denbeath Star Inverkeithing United Raith Rovers Hull City Queens Park Rangers York City	00? (?) 00? (?) 00? (?) 00? (?) 168 (0) 036 (1) 002 (0)
Teams managed
1928-1930 1933-1937	York City York City
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John C "Jock" Collier (born February 1, 1897 in Dysart, Scotland - died 1940 in Kingston upon Hull, England) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

[edit] Career

Collier played for Inverkeithing Juniors and had trials for the Scottish Junior international team. He signed for Raith Rovers and eventually signed for Hull City in 1920. He captained Hull for a couple of seasons, before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 1926.^[1]

He joined York City as player-manager, but he broke an ankle and retired from playing. He managed the club as they went into The Football League, but after their first season in the league he left he club to become a publican.^[1]

He was re-appointed as manager in May 1933. He announced his retirement from football in March 1937 and went into a business partnership with one of his brothers in Scotland. He died in Hull at the age of 41 in 1940.^[1]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Managers", York City: A Complete Record 1922-1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, p123. ISBN 0907969690.

[edit] External links

John Collier management career stats at Soccerbase

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York City F.C. – Managers

Collier (1928–30) • Sherrington (1930–33) • Collier (1933–37) • Mitchell (1937–50) • Duckworth (1950–52) • Spencer (1952–53) • McCormick (1953–54) • Bartram (1956–60) • Lockie (1960–67) • Shaw (1967–68) • Johnston (1968–75) • McGuinness (1975–77) • Wright (1977–80) • Lyons (1980–81) • Randall (1981–82) • Swallow (1982) • Smith (1982–87) • Saxton (1987–88) • Swallow (1988) • Bird (1988–91) • Ward (1991–93) • Little (1993–99) • Thompson (1999–2000) • Dolan (2000–03) • Brass (2003–04) • Busby (2004–05) • McEwan (2005–07) • Walker (2007–)