Jock Collier

John C. Collier (1 February 1897 – 28 December 1940) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

Jock Collier

Personal information
Date of birth	1 February 1897
Place of birth	Dysart, Scotland
Date of death	28 December 1940(1940-12-28) (aged 43)[1]
Place of death	Kingston upon Hull, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Victoria Hawthorn	?	(?)
	Denbeath Star	?	(?)
	Inverkeithing United	?	(?)
	Raith Rovers	?	(?)
1920–1925	Hull City	168	(0)
1926–1927	Queens Park Rangers	36	(1)
1928	York City	2	(0)
Managerial career
1928–1930	York City
1933–1937	York City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Dysart, Fife, Collier played for Inverkeithing Juniors^[1] and had trials for the Scottish Junior international team. He signed for Raith Rovers^[a] and eventually signed for Hull City in 1920. He captained Hull for a couple of seasons, before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 1926.^[3]

He joined York City as player-manager, but broke an ankle and retired from playing. He managed the club as they entered the Football League, but after their first season in the league he left the club to become a publican.^[3]

Collier was re-appointed as manager in May 1933. He announced his retirement from football in March 1937, and went into a business partnership with one of his brothers in Scotland. He died in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1940, at the age of 43.^[3] His brother William Collier was also a footballer who played once for Scotland.^[4]

References

1. The Record of pre-war Scottish League Players has no notes on Jock Collier playing for Raith Rovers or even signing for them.^[1] As his brother William joined the club in 1920 and soon became well-known playing in a similar position, it is possible that Jock did play for them but his appearances have become 'mixed' in with those of William, or alternatively William's signing event was attributed to Jock in error in other sources.

1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "The lure of promotion. Hull City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
3. Batters, Dave (1990). York City: A Complete Record 1922–1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 123. ISBN 0-907969-69-0.
4. Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.

External links

• John Collier management career statistics at Soccerbase