| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Conner | ||
| Date of birth | (1896-12-27)27 December 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Belfast Distillery | |||
| 1919–1923 | Crystal Palace | 98 | (55) |
| Newport County | |||
| International career | |||
| 1911 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Conner (27 December 1896 – ?) was a Scottishfootballer, who played as aforward.
Born inGlasgow, Conner played professionally forCrystal Palace. He made 37 appearances for the club in theSouthern League, scoring 18 goals, and when the club joined theFootball League he made a further 61 appearances scoring 37 goals. He played across the front line, sometimes used as aninside right orinside left. He also appeared 6 times for the club in theFA Cup, netting on two occasions, for a total of 104 appearances and 57 goals. Conner's goals in the1920-21 season lifted the club from theThird Division to theSecond, and he finished top-scorer with 29 goals and was one of only four players to play every game of the season. Conner also scored the winning goal in theLondon Challenge Cup Final of that season, Palace beatingClapton Orient 1-0. At the end of the 1922-23 season Conner left the club forNewport County.
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