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Wilson Fairweather
Personal information
Full name John Wilson Fairweather
Date of birth (1924-08-12)12 August 1924
Place of birth Dornoch, Scotland
Date of death December 1989 (1990-01) (aged 65)
Place of death Bath, England
Position(s) Right-half
Youth career
Queen of the South
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1944 Annan Athletic
1944–1947 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1947–1948 Cowdenbeath 10 (0)
1948–1950 Carlisle United 1 (0)
1950–1953 Bath City
Managerial career
1953–1956 Frome Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Wilson Fairweather (12 August 1924 – December 1989) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right-half.[1]

Fairweather, known as Jock, played for Queen of the South and Annan Athletic before joining English club Blackburn Rovers in April 1944. He moved to Cowdenbeath in 1947 and made 10 appearances. He then returned to England in November 1948 to join Carlisle United, where he made a single Football League appearance.[1][2]

He was enlisted by Bath City for the 1950–51 season, joining fellow new recruits Trevor Jones, Tommy Edwards, and George Adams, and spent three seasons with the club.[3][4]

Fairweather went on to manage Frome Town and led the club to an FA Cup first-round game against Leyton Orient in 1954. He returned to Bath City as reserve team coach in July 1956.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wilson Fairweather". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records". Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Bath City Building Strong Side". Bath Weekly Chronicle & Herald. 1 July 1950. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Past Players: Jock Fairweather". Bath City F.C. Retrieved 11 March 2018.