John Cameron (footballer, born 1872), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)

Scottish footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1872

Place of Birth: Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1935

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Cameron (13 April 1872 in Ayr, Scotland – 20 April 1935 in Glasgow) was a Scottish footballer and manager.
He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer.
In 1899 he became player-manager at Tottenham Hotspur and guided them to victory in the 1901 FA Cup.
As a result, they became the only club outside the English Football League to win the competition.
In 1898 he became the first secretary of the Association Footballers' Union, which was the ill-fated fore-runner of the Professional Footballers' Association.
He later coached Dresdner SC and during the First World War he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany.
After the war he coached Ayr United for one season and then became a football journalist, author and publisher.
He had previously worked as a columnist for various newspapers before the war.