fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
john william kirton -- 1899 1899 -- 1900 1900 -- 1901 1901 -- 19xx 1896 -- 1897 1897 -- 1898 1898 -- 13 march 1939 kilburn , london , england oldham swindon town millwall athletic county lincoln city small heath swindon town sunderland hulme , england 27 18 22 0 23 5 2 7 0 4 outside left 18 july 1871 jack kirton
 jack kirton
jack kirton

john william kirton -lrb- 18 july 1871 -- 13 march 1939 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who made 45 appearances in the football league playing for lincoln city and small heath .
he played as an outside left .
kirton was born in hulme , which was then in lancashire .
he played for glossop north end and oldham county of the combination before joining football league second division club lincoln city in may 1896 .
from then on , he changed club at the end of each season .
with small heath in the second division , he created many of walter abbott 's 19 goals in the 1897 -- 98 season .
his next move was to swindon town of the southern league , then first division club sunderland , where he never achieved a first-team place .
a return to swindon preceded a final move in the 1901 close season , this time to millwall athletic , also of the southern league .
he died in kilburn , london , in 1939 at the age of 67 .
