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Jock Salter

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Jock Salter
Personal information
Full name John MacGregor Salter
Date of birth (1898-08-03)3 August 1898
Place of birth Bitterne, Southampton, England
Date of death 21 June 1982(1982-06-21) (aged 83)
Place of death Bitterne, Southampton, England
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bitterne Sports
1923–1924 Southampton 1 (0)
1924–1925 Thornycrofts
1925 Civil Service, Southampton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John MacGregor Salter (3 August 1898 – 21 June 1982)[1] was an Anglo-Scottish professional footballer who made one Football League appearance as an inside forward for Southampton in 1923.[2]

Football career

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Salter was born in Bitterne, Southampton and was enlisted in the British Army during the First World War. During the war he suffered from gas poisoning and never made a full recovery, finding regular daily training exhausting.[3]

Having played local football with Bitterne Sports, he was signed by Southampton of the Football League Second Division in October 1923.[3] He made his debut when he replaced Henry Johnson as inside left for the match at Fulham on 10 November 1923. The match ended in a 3–2 defeat and Salter was replaced by Len Andrews for the next match.[4]

With only the one first-team appearance to his name, Salter was released in the summer of 1924 and took up employment with Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan & Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 230. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b c Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  4. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 71. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
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