John Wilkinson (13 June 1902 – April 1979) was an English
footballer
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who scored 44 goals in 212 appearances in
the Football League playing for
Sheffield Wednesday,
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...
,
Lincoln City and
Hull City. He then moved into
non-league football
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with
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The te ...
. He played as an
outside left.
References
1902 births
1979 deaths
Wath upon Dearne
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Wath Athletic F.C. players
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Newcastle United F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Scunthorpe United F.C. players
English Football League players
People from Wath upon Dearne
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
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