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John Cuthbertson (footballer)

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1953–1956
  
Stenhousemuir

Playing position
  
Midfielder

1949–1953
  
Third Lanark

Height
  
1.68 m

1939–1949
  
Hibernian

Role
  
Footballer

Years
  
Team

Name
  
John Cuthbertson


Full name
  
Jonathan Hunter Cairns Cuthbertson

Place of birth
  
Dalkeith, Scotland

John Cuthbertson was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stenhousemuir. Cuthbertson scored for Hibernian in the 1947 Scottish Cup Final defeat by Aberdeen and helped the club win the 1947–48 Scottish League championship. It was reported that Cuthbertson scored the first Scottish Football League goal of the 1946–47 season, which meant that he scored the first competitive goal in Scottish football since the end of the Second World War.

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