John Kessack Ogston (15 January 1939 – 16 August 2017) was a

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, who played as a goalkeeper for Aberdeen, Liverpool and Doncaster Rovers. Ogston was born in Aberdeen and played youth football with Banks O' Dee where he won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1957. A year later in 1958, he started his professional career with Aberdeen. He was fondly known as "Tubby" in his time there. He joined English club Liverpool for a fee of £10,000 in September 1965, but his only first team appearance was in a 3-1 League victory over

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on 7 April 1967. He moved to Doncaster Rovers in 1968 on loan, and then signed permanently the following season. Whilst at Doncaster, he was a member of the Fourth Division title winning side of 1968–69, and made a total of 77 appearances in League and cup. In 1971, he returned north of the border to play for Buckie Thistle for a season, before playing with several teams in the Highland League, including Huntly, Rothes,

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, and

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. He finally retired on 16 September 1974.

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogston, John 1939 births 2017 deaths Footballers from Aberdeen Scottish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Banks O' Dee F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Buckie Thistle F.C. players Huntly F.C. players Rothes F.C. players Fraserburgh F.C. players Deveronvale F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scotland men's under-23 international footballers Place of death missing