John Wilson (1894 – July 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back and made over 460 appearances in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone. He made one wartime appearance for the Scottish League XI. After retiring as a player, Wilson was involved in the founding of Junior club Haddington Athletic in the late 1930s. Personal life Wilson's father Hughie was a Scottish international footballer who was playing for Sunderland at the time of Wilson's birth. The family eventually moved back to Scotland and settled in Newmilns. After enlisting in April 1916, Wilson served as a private in the Royal Scots during the First World War and was wounded on the Western Front in April 1917 and March 1918. As a teenager, Wilson had trained as a lace weaver and he returned to the profession in Ayrshire part-time after the war, before re-entering professional football. He worked at Castle Mills Rubber Works in Fountainbridge during the early years of the First World War and after retiring from football, he ran a fishmongers in Haddington. Career statistics Honours Heart of Midlothian East of Scotland Shield (2): 1914–15, 1918–19 Wilson Cup (2): 1918–19, 1922–23 Rosebery Charity Cup (3): 1915–16, 1922–23, 1923–24 Dunfermline Athletic Scottish League Second Division: 1925–26 St Johnstone Scottish League Second Division second-place promotion: 1931–32 See also Heart of Midlothian F.C. and World War I References English footballers Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Heart of Midlothian F.C. players 1957 deaths 1894 births Footballers from Sunderland Footballers from East Ayrshire Association football fullbacks Royal Scots soldiers Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Anglo-Scots Penicuik Athletic F.C. players