Johnny Munro

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Johnny Munro
Personnel
Surname John Munro
birthday April 14, 1893
place of birth Tarbat ,  Scotland
date of death May 8, 1917
position Defender (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Invergordon
Aberdeen East End
1913-1917 Aberdeen FC 14 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

John "Johnny" Munro (born April 14, 1893 in Tarbat , † May 8, 1917 on the Western Front ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Munro played in junior football from Invergordon in northern Scotland and was one of the outstanding players there. After he came to Aberdeen , he first found a club from local football with East End . Soon afterwards, the coach of the local professional club Aberdeen FC , Jimmy Philip , became aware of Munro and after good performances for East End in the Scottish Junior Cup Munro was signed by Aberdeen FC in May 1913.

Munro was subsequently used regularly in the reserve team and only occasionally appeared in benefit games for the first team. After an injury to the regular left defender Jock Hume in early 1915 Munro moved into the team and did not give up his place until the end of the season. In his total of 13 season appearances, he always formed the defender pair with Donald Colman . In a biographical newspaper article at the end of the season, Munro's rise was highlighted as a “special feature of the season” and the defender was characterized as follows: “He has a good build, height and speed and two qualities that are priceless for a footballer: cutting and enthusiasm.” His last competitive game completed Munro at the start of the 1915/16 season in a 5-0 defeat against FC Kilmarnock , in which he injured his left knee early in the game and had to leave the field and failed for several months.

Munro served in the First World War as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery . In December 1915 he played for a football team at the Royal Field Artillery, which included the Tottenham goalkeeper Arthur King , against Banks O'Dee . He died in fighting in May 1917 on the Western Front and was buried in the British military cemetery in Anzin-Saint-Aubin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d A REAL "DISCOVERY". . In: Dundee People's Journal , May 8, 1915, p. 10.  (paid link)
  2. ↑ a b ABERDEEN BACK KILLED. . In: Daily Record , May 29, 1917, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)
  3. ↑ a b afcheritage.org: John Munro , accessed September 1, 2019
  4. ↑ cf. Jim Rickaby: Aberdeen: A Complete Record 1903–1987 . Breedon Books, Derby 1987, ISBN 978-0-907969-30-3 , pp. 68 f .
  5. ↑ ABERDEEN'S HARD LUCK. . In: Dundee Courier , 23 August 1915, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  6. ^ Features in the World of Athletic. . In: Dundee Evening Telegraph , September 22, 1915, p. 5.  (paid link)
  7. ↑ Friendly Match. BANKS O'DEE v. ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. . In: Aberdeen Evening Express , December 3, 1915, p. 4.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ footballandthefirstworldwar.org: John Munro | Service Record , accessed September 1, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Munro, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munro, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarbat
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1917