John Gunn Falconer (2 January 1902 – 1982) was a Scottish professional
footballer who made over 200 appearances in the
Scottish League for
Cowdenbeath as a
goalkeeper.
Career
A
goalkeeper, Falconer made 204 appearances in the
top two divisions of Scottish football for
Cowdenbeath in two spells between 1921 and 1928.
While with the
Fife
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club, he made one appearance for the
Scottish League XI against the
Football League XI The English Football League XI was a representative side of the Football League. The team regularly played against the Scottish Football League XI and other national league select teams between 1891 and 1976.
For a long period the annual fixture be ...
in March 1928,
but six months later his career appeared to have been ended when he sustained a broken kneecap.
He made a return to league football with
Celtic
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in 1931 and was soon unexpectedly back in
First Division action when he had to replace
John Thomson, who had been fatally injured during a match.
However,
Joe Kennaway
James T. Kennaway (25 January 1907 – 7 March 1969), commonly known as Joe Kennaway, was a dual international (Canada and Scotland) association football, football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. He began his career in Canada, spent four years ...
soon arrived at
Celtic Park and after a period as his deputy, Falconer moved to
Second Division club
East Stirlingshire in 1933, where he played for
one season.
Career statistics
Honours
*
Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame
References
Scottish men's footballers
Cowdenbeath F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
1902 births
1982 deaths
Men's association football goalkeepers
People from Govan
Celtic F.C. players
East Stirlingshire F.C. players
St Anthony's F.C. players
Stranraer F.C. players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
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