John Vance Milne (25 March 1911 – 29 August 1959) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played for

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and

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. Arsenal won the old First Division in 1937–38 and he made 16 league appearances, enough for a winners' medal. At the end of

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, he accepted an invitation to play in Mexico, alongside Tom McKillop and Jimmy Hickie. Milne represented

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twice.

Honours

Arsenal *

Football League First Division The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

: 1937-38

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milne, Jackie 1911 births Footballers from Stirling Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Arsenal F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players English Football League players Scotland men's international footballers Scotland men's wartime international footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Ashfield F.C. players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Liga MX players Asturias F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish football managers Dumbarton F.C. managers 1959 deaths