John McLean (born 22 May 1872) was a Scottish
footballer who played as a
defender for
Liverpool in
The Football League.
McLean signed for Liverpool from the
Scottish junior ranks during the
1894–95 Football League
The 1894– 95 season was the seventh season of The Football League.
During the first five seasons of the league the re-election process had concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league, but as of the 1894–95 season the ...
season as reinforcement for their defence which was not performing well. He made his debut against
Stoke in a 3–1 defeat, and made a further 20 appearances that season. He featured less in the following campaign as the only two positions he could play (right and left back) were occupied, so he made a total of eight more appearances for Liverpool before he left in 1897.
He thereafter moved around several clubs, mainly being used in the
centre half position,
firstly to
Grimsby Town (where he was brought in as a replacement for
Sandy Higgins
Alexander Higgins MM (4 November 1885 – 15 March 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Newcastle United, Kilmarnock, Nottingham Forest, Jarrow, Norwich City and the Scotland national team.
Career
Higgins was described ...
), and later
Bristol City,
Bristol Rovers,
Millwall and
Queens Park Rangers, winning the
1907–08 Southern Football League The 1907–08 season was the 14th in the history of Southern Football League. Queens Park Rangers won Division One, whilst Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur were elected to the Football League. Southend United won Division Two and were p ...
title with the
West Londoners and playing in the subsequent
1908 FA Charity Shield
The 1908 FA Charity Shield was the first Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and Southern League competitions. It was intended as a replacement for the Sheriff of London Charity Shiel ...
.
The Eighth Taddy & Co. QPR Cigarette Card – John McLean
Independent R's, 18 June 2014
References
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1872 births
20th-century deaths
Scottish men's footballers
Bristol City F.C. players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Liverpool F.C. players
English Football League players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Men's association football defenders
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Sportspeople from Port Glasgow
Footballers from Inverclyde
Millwall F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Southern Football League players