John McKeown Bovill (21 March 1886 – 13 April 1954) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John McKeown Bovill | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 13 April 1954 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Rutherglen Glencairn | ||
| – | Petershill | ||
| – | Strathclyde | ||
| 1907–1908 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 1908 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1908–1911 | Chesterfield Town | 18[a] | (3[a]) |
| 1911–1914 | Liverpool | 27 | (7) |
| 1914–1916 | Linfield | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bovill started his professional career in Scotland with Rangers in December 1907,[1][2] though he played for them only twice before he moved to England to play for Blackburn Rovers (no first team appearances)[3] and then Chesterfield Town where he featured regularly. He stayed with the Spirites for two years in the Midland League after they lost their English Football League status,[4][5] then was signed by Liverpool. Bovill made 29 appearances for the Anfield club, with 25 of those coming in the 1911–12 season.[6][7]
He left Liverpool in May 1914 and then joined the army: he was stationed in Ireland with the Royal Irish Rifles[8] and played for Linfield for two full seasons and part of a third, scoring the winning goal in the Irish Cup final of 1915 and winning the same trophy again a year later, as well as victories in the 1915–16 Belfast & District League and the 1916 Gold Cup.[9] He left for the Western Front in December 1916 and was gassed in the trenches in 1917, but recovered and survived to the age of 68 living in his home town of Rutherglen.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Figures in box refer to the 1908–09 Football League only. Figures are also known for the two seasons Bovill played in the Midland League: an additional 77 appearances and 31 goals.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- ^ Bovill John Image 1 Liverpool 1912, Vintage Footballers
- ^ Chesterfield FC: Player-based information | 1899-1909 Archived 28 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Sky is Blue
- ^ Chesterfield FC: Player-based information | 1909-1917 Archived 14 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Sky is Blue
- ^ "John Bovill". LFC History. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ John McKeown Bovill (John Bovill), Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Rangers' Players Who Served[permanent dead link], Scotland's War
- ^ a b Linfield Irish Cup winning hero who served at WW1 front line trenches featured in book of former Liverpool players, Linfield FC, 27 November 2017
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