John "Jock" Paterson (1926 – 14 January 2000) was a British
footballer
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Ayr United
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Paterson went three consecutive seasons without missing a league game for Hibs and he played in every game of the championship winning 1951–52 season. Paterson played for the
Scottish Football League XI
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in the following season, in a 3–0 defeat by a Welsh select team. He was unable to play for the
Scotland national football team
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due to his English birthplace.
His son,
Craig Paterson
Craig Paterson (born 2 October 1959 in South Queensferry) is a Scottish former football player, who currently works as a pundit for BBC Radio Scotland and ''Sportscene''.
The son of former Hibernian defender Jock Paterson, Paterson died in January 2000; a moment's silence was observed in his memory at the next Hibs home match.