Wattie Jackson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Darling Fleming Jackson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1898[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1951 (aged 52–53) | ||
| Place of death | Chicago, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Center Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Christian Brothers College | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Yoker Athletic | ||
| 1920–1923 | Kilmarnock | 68 | (25) |
| 1923–1924 | Bethlehem Steel | 23 | (13) |
| 1924–1926 | Aberdeen | 48 | (18) |
| 1925–1927 | Preston North End | 45 | (13) |
| 1927–1928 | Bethlehem Steel | 13 | (6) |
| 1928– | Philadelphia Centennials | ? | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Darling Fleming "Wattie" Jackson (9 January 1898 – 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a center forward. He spent five seasons in the Scottish Football League, at least one in the English Football League and two in the American Soccer League.[1]
Born in Glasgow but raised in Renton, West Dunbartonshire from a very early age, Jackson and his younger brother Alex both played professionally. In 1920, Jackson began his career with Kilmarnock of the Scottish Football League.[3] In 1923, while visiting relatives in Detroit, Michigan, he came to the attention Bethlehem Steel who had recently lost center forward Daniel McNiven to the New York Field Club. The team tracked down Jackson in Michigan and offered him $25.00 per week to play for Bethlehem. This was nearly triple his salary in Scotland and on 25 August 1923, signed with the Steelmen, along with his brother.[4]
After one season in the United States, the Jacksons returned to Scotland to join Aberdeen[2] – Alex moved on after one season, but Wattie stayed for a second, although in October 1925 he joined Preston North End in the Football League. In 1927, he returned to the United States where he re-signed with Bethlehem Steel.[5] He played only thirteen games that season before moving to the Philadelphia Centennials of the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c Wattie Jackson, AFC Heritage Trust
- ^ (Kilmarnock player) Jackson, Walter, FitbaStats
- ^ "Steel Gets Big Soccer Player". Bethlehem Globe. 13 August 1923. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2016 – via GeoCities.
- ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
- ^ "Secure Local Players for Bethlehem Team". Bethlehem Globe-Times. 28 December 1928. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2016 – via GeoCities.
External links
[edit]- Bethlehem Steel player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 October 2009)
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- Scottish men's footballers
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1907–1930) players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Yoker Athletic F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) players
- Centennial F.C. players
- 1898 births
- 1951 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
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