Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Vance Milne | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 29 August 1959 | (aged 48)||
Place of death | Mauchline, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Ashfield | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1931–1932 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
1935–1936 | Arsenal | ||
1937–1939 | Middlesbrough | ||
1939–1945 | → Dumbarton (wartime) [1] | ||
1946–1947 | Asturias F.C. | ||
International career | |||
1938–1939 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1945–1946 | Dumbarton | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Vance Milne (25 March 1911 – 29 August 1959) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Arsenal and Middlesbrough. [2] Arsenal won the old First Division in 1937–38 and he made 16 league appearances, enough for a winners' medal. [3] At the end of World War II, he accepted an invitation to play in Mexico, alongside Tom McKillop and Jimmy Hickie. [4]
Milne represented Scotland twice. [5]
Arsenal