Place of birth Cambuslang, Scotland Years Team | Place of death Atlantic Ocean Team Apps | |
Date of birth (1884-12-05)5 December 1884 Date of death 26 November 1914(1914-11-26) (aged 29) Died 26 November 1914, Atlantic Ocean | ||
John Atkinson (5 December 1884 – 26 November 1914) was a Scottish amateur football outside left who made played in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Celtic and Partick Thistle.
Personal life
Atkinson was a medical student and later qualified as a doctor, moving to County Durham to practice. After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he moved to work in Madagascar. He died in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa, in an accident on 26 November 1914.
References
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