William McCaw "Red" Ballantyne (15 November 1901 – 1944) was a Scottish association football inside right who played in Scotland, the United States, and Canada. Ballantyne played for both Morton and Clyde, before jumping to the

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of the American Soccer League in 1924. He was back in Scotland with Clyde a year later. After two seasons with Clyde, Ballantyne returned to the United States to sign with the New Bedford Whalers. In 1928, he began the season with the Whalers, but the onset of the soccer wars between the league and the United States Football Association brought considerable turmoil to the professional scene. The Whalers briefly left the ASL for the newly created outlaw league, the

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. After a handful of games, it returned to the ASL. However, Ballantyne refused to make the move back to the ASL and joined the

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in the ESL. This move occurred by December 1928. He remained with the Giants after the ASL merged with the ESL in 1930. In the fall of 1930, Ballantyne joined the Brooklyn Wanderers. He then signed with the New York Americans and later played for Montréal Carsteel and then the Kearny Scots-Americans in the second ASL after the original league collapsed in 1933. He was with the

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in 1935 as a player-manager. His elder brother

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and younger brother Bobby were also footballers who played for clubs in Scotland and the United States.Ballantyne, Johnny 1920-21 & 1928-29
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballantyne, Red 1901 births 1944 deaths Date of death missing Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Glasgow Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Men's association football inside forwards American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Glasgow United F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Boston Soccer Club players New York Giants (soccer) players Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players Kearny Scots players New York Americans (soccer) (1930–1933) players Newark Germans players Scottish football managers Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriate football managers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada