Johnny Grainger

Johnny Grainger
Personal information
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Mirren
Alloa Athletic
Dumbarton
1922–1928 Bethlehem Steel 126 (33)
1928–1929 Fall River F.C. 36 (5)
1929 IRT Rangers 3 (0)
1929–1930 New Bedford Whalers 27 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johnny Grainger was a Scottish association football inside forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League.

In December 1922, Grainger signed with Bethlehem Steel.[1] Grainger remained with Bethlehem Steel through the 1927–28 season. In August 1928, Grainger and Bethlehem Steel could not agree on a contract and the team placed him on the transfer list. Fall River F.C. picked him up and he played the 1928–1929 season in Massachusetts.[2] In August 1929, Grainger moved to the IRT Rangers of the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[3] He played four games, then moved to the New Bedford Whalers by November 1929.

International

Grainger was called into the US for a 6 November 1926 game against Canada, but did not enter the game.[4][5]

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().

References

  1. ^ "PATERSON HERE ON SATURDAY (Grainger misidentified as Tom Granger)". Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 12 December 1922.
  2. ^ "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe. Bethlehem 21 August 1928: Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 21 August 1928.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe-Times. Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 17 August 1929.
  4. ^ "3 STEELMEN TO PLAY IN BIG SOCCER TILT: Carnihan, Granger and Smith to Be in All U. S. Lineup Against Canadians". Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 30 October 1926.
  5. ^ "USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010.