Jackie Cox (footballer)

Not to be confused with Jack Cox (footballer) (1877–1955) or John Cox (footballer) (born 1870).

John Cox (1911 – 17 September 1990) was a Scottish football player and manager.^[2] He served Hamilton Academical (where he spent the majority of his playing career, making over 200 appearances in the right half position),^[1] Ayr United and St Mirren^[3] (the latter as a World War II guest) as both player and manager.^[1][4][5] He also had a short spell in English football with Preston North End,^[6] and after the conflict ended he finished his career with Stranraer.^[1]

Jackie Cox

Personal information
Full name	John Cox
Date of birth	1911
Place of birth	Darvel, Scotland
Date of death	17 September 1990(1990-09-17) (aged 78–79)[1]
Place of death	Darvel, Scotland[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1931	Darvel
1931–1938	Hamilton Academical	196	(3)
1938–1939	Preston North End
1939–1946	Ayr United	0	(0)
1946–1948	Stranraer
Managerial career
1953–1956	Hamilton Academical
1956–1961	Ayr United
1962–1965	St Mirren
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

His cousin Sammy Cox was also a footballer who played at international level for Scotland and at club level for Rangers;^[7] while manager at Hamilton, he signed his nephew – also John/Jackie – for the club, although the younger Cox made only one league appearance for Accies^[8] (he also featured for Stranraer, and briefly for Kilmarnock).^[9]

Honours

Player

Hamilton Academical^[1]

• Scottish Cup: runner-up 1934–35^[10]

Manager

Ayr United^[4]

• Scottish Football League Division Two: 1958–59

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Hamilton Academical	December 1953	August 1956	110	44	20	46	231	242	−11	040.00	[11]
Ayr United	August 1956	November 1961	244	102	50	92	515	482	+33	041.80	[12]
St Mirren	December 1962	April 1965	106	32	23	51	139	209	−70	030.19	[13]
Total			460	178	93	189	885	933	−48	038.70