John Lunn (footballer)

John Lunn
Personal information
Date of birth 9 December 1942 (1942-12-09)
Place of birth Fife, Scotland
Date of death 10 December 1973(1973-12-10) (aged 31)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Blairhall Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1972 Dunfermline Athletic 249 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Lunn (1942–1973) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a left-back for Dunfermline Athletic.[1] Lunn helped Dunfermline win the 1967–68 Scottish Cup. He later suffered from leukemia and died in 1973.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "John Lunn". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Key dates in the club's history". www.dafc.co.uk. Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015. 1973 Won promotion from Division Two with 95 goals – the highest goalscorers in Britain. John Lunn, one of Dunfermline's finest players of the 1960s, died of leukaemia.
  3. ^ "John Lunn | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club".


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