John Hanlon (footballer)

Scottish footballer (1892–1976)

John HanlonPersonal information

Date of birth|  1892
Place of birth|  Addiewell, Scotland
Date of death|  1976 (aged 83–84)[1]
Place of death|  West Calder, Scotland
Height|  5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s)|  Outside right
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
–|  Fauldhouse West End|  |
1913–1916|  Hamilton Academical|   88|  (11)
1916–1919|  Heart of Midlothian|   1|  (0)
1919–1922|  Hamilton Academical|   96|  (15)
1922–1926|  Heart of Midlothian|   18|  (2)
1924|  → Bathgate (loan)|   6|  (1)
1925–1926|  → Alloa Athletic (loan)|   5|  (0)
1926–1927|  Peebles Rovers|   |
1928–1929|  Stoneyburn|   |
Total|  |  214|  (28)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hanlon (1892–1976) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.[3]

## Early life

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John Hanlon was born in 1892 in Addiewell,[4] West Calder,[5] Scotland to Irish parents, George Hanlon[4] and Ellen/Helen McCrossan of County Donegal.

## Career

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Hanlon played primarily for Hamilton Academical – he signed for the Accies as a teenager in 1913 a week after being selected for Scotland at junior level,[2][6] featuring regularly for much of that time.[3]

He moved to Heart of Midlothian in 1916[7] but only played in one Scottish Football League match[3] during his initial three years at Tynecastle Park and was away from the club for much of the time serving in World War I.

He returned to Hamilton in late 1919 (and was a Lanarkshire Cup winner in 1920) then signed for Hearts again in 1922,[2][7] but failed to become established there, serving lower-division loans at Bathgate and Alloa Athletic.[3]

## Outside football

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Hanlon was a noted athlete (often competing under the pseudonym 'Harris'),[2][6] his speciality being middle-distance running and particularly the half mile, recording a 1min 55sec time in a meeting at Shawfield Stadium in 1922.[6] He won multiple track events with his regiment (Royal Scots) in a post-war Rhine Army Sports Championship in 1919;[2][6] during the conflict itself, he was employed as a dispatch runner.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
2. ^ a b c d e f Hanlon, Jock (1913), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
3. ^ a b c d John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
4. ^ a b Registrar General for Scotland:1901 Census of West Calder registration district, Midlothian, Scotland (household of George Hanlon, resident at 11 Stephenson Street, Addiewell). Index transcription online (with membership fee) at Find My Past; Repository of original document: National Records of Scotland
5. ^ "Statutory Registers - Births (Advanced Search)". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
6. ^ a b c d John Hanlon, Hearts and Scotland, Midlothian Advertiser, 21 July 1950 via Addiewell Heritage
7. ^ a b (Hearts player) John Hanlon, London Hearts Supporters Club

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals