John Wilkinson (24 January 1886 – 19 September 1918) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Wilkinson worked as a coal salesman. After Britain's entry into the First World War in August 1914, he enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was sent with his battalion to Salonika in November 1915. Wilkinson was serving with the rank of lieutenant when he was killed during the Third Battle of Doiran on 19 September 1918, less than three months before the Armistice. He was buried in Doiran Military Cemetery.

John Wilkinson (Scottish footballer)

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1886 births

Scottish men's footballers

Scottish Football League players

People from Partick

Men's association football goalkeepers

Queen's Park F.C. players

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers

1918 deaths

British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in World War I

John Wilkinson (Scottish footballer)