.png) With Nottingham Forest in 1894 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 March 1863 | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 2 April 1957 (aged 94) | ||
| Place of death | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888–1891 | Heart of Midlothian[a] | 9 | (5) |
| 1891–1901 | Nottingham Forest[b] | 245 | (29) |
| 1892 | →Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1901–1902 | Motherwell | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1890–1891 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John McPherson (1 March 1863 – 2 April 1957) was a Scottishfootballer who played as acentre half forHeart of Midlothian andNottingham Forest.
McPherson was born inMotherwell in 1863, and was originally named Peter; he was listed with that name in the 1871 census, but this must have been changed within the next three years, as the 1881 census shows him under the name John along with a younger brother named Peter who was born in 1874.[2]
McPherson played in Scotland forHeart of Midlothian from July 1888 to June 1891, winning theScottish Cup with theEdinburgh club in 1891.[3] He moved south of the border to play forNottingham Forest,[4] but was briefly loaned back to Hearts from May to August 1892. He then returned to Nottingham Forest where he played for the best part of a decade, becomingclub captain. He also won theFA Cup with Forest in1898, scoring in the final in a 3–1 win over rivalsDerby County.[5] He returned to Scotland to complete his career with his hometown clubMotherwell in the1901–02 season.[1]
He made his debut forScotland in 1890, in a game where his appearance was wrongly attributed for many years to hisnamesake,[6] and played once more in 1891.[7][c]
He moved to Canada in 1910 and settled inRegina, Saskatchewan working for the City of Regina. In 1950 he moved toVictoria, British Columbia where he died in 1957.[3][2]
Heart of Midlothian
Nottingham Forest