John Cameron Sports manager

John Cameron was a Scottish footballer and manager. He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer. In 1899 he became player-manager at Tottenham Hotspur and guided them to victory in the 1901 FA Cup. As a result they became the only club outside the English Football League to win the competition. In 1898 he became the first secretary of the Association Footballers' Union, which was the ill-fated fore-runner of the Professional Footballers' Association. He later coached Dresdner SC and during the First World War he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany. After the war he coached Ayr United for one season and then became a football journalist, author and publisher. He had previously worked as a columnist for various newspapers before the war.

Personal facts

John Cameron
Birth dateApril 13, 1872
Birth place
Ayr , Scotland national football team
Date of deathApril 20, 1935
Place of death
Glasgow , Scotland national football team

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Football manager

club
Ayr United F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Dresdner SC
teams
Queen's Park F.C.
Everton F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Scotland national football team
Ayr Parkhouse F.C.

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