Johnny Grainger

Johnny Grainger was a Scottish association football inside forward who played professionally in the American Soccer League and Eastern Professional Soccer League.

Johnny Grainger
Personal information
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Mirren
Alloa Athletic
Dumbarton
1922–1928 Bethlehem Steel 126 (33)
1928–1929 Fall River Marksmen 36 (5)
1929 IRT Rangers 3 (0)
1929–1930 New Bedford Whalers 27 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In December 1922, Grainger signed with Bethlehem Steel.[1] Grainger remained with Bethlehem Steel through the 1927–28 season. In August 1928, Grainger and Bethlehem Steel could not agree on a contract and the team placed him on the transfer list. The Fall River Marksmen picked him up and he played the 1928–1929 season in Massachusetts.[2] In August 1929, Grainger moved to the IRT Rangers of the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[3] He played four games, then moved to the New Bedford Whalers by November 1929.

International

Grainger was called into the US for a 6 November 1926 game against Canada, but did not enter the game.[4][5]

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921–1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

References
  1. "PATERSON HERE ON SATURDAY (Grainger misidentified as Tom Granger)". Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 12 December 1922.
  2. "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe. Bethlehem 21 August 1928: Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 21 August 1928.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. "A Swing Along Athletic Row". The Globe-Times. Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 17 August 1929.
  4. "3 STEELMEN TO PLAY IN BIG SOCCER TILT: Carnihan, Granger and Smith to Be in All U. S. Lineup Against Canadians". Bethlehemsteelsoccer.org. 30 October 1926.
  5. "USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969". Rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010.
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