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Full name | John Thomas Fitzsimons | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 3 September 1995 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
St Joseph's College | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
St Roch's | |||
1934–1938 | Celtic | 5 | (0) |
1938–1941 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | (22) |
1941–1942 | Clyde | 0 | (0) |
1942–1946 | Falkirk | 15 | (6) |
1946–1947 | Hamilton Academical | 11 | (3) |
1947–1948 | Clyde | 21 | (7) |
Total | 80 | (38) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Thomas Fitzsimons (3 March 1915 – 3 September 1995) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, and a medical doctor who acted as Celtic F.C.'s club physician for 34 years, also working for the Scotland national football team in the role. [1]
He began his senior football career at Celtic in 1934, also training for his medical qualifications at the Anderson College of Medicine [2] (then associated with the University of Glasgow but today an integral part of the University of Strathclyde). Due in part to his educational commitments he was only a fringe player at the Hoops (five Scottish Division One appearances in four seasons), [3] and transferred to lower division Alloa Athletic in 1938. [4] During World War II when the usual competitions were suspended for seven years, he switched to Clyde then Falkirk, [5] where he made over 150 appearances in total, played on the losing side in the 1943 Southern League Cup final [6] [7] [8] and was still with the Bairns when official competitions resumed in 1946, [9] though by the end of that year he had signed for Hamilton Academical, [10] soon making a return to Clyde before retiring from playing in 1948. [11]
In his medical career, Fitzsimons worked at Belvidere Hospital ( Parkhead) then as a GP in his native Glasgow. [12] In 1953 he was appointed as Celtic's club doctor, a position he held until 1987 spanning the highly successful period under manager Jock Stein. He had a similar occasional role with the Scottish international squad from 1970 to 1982, accompanying them to three FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. [1] He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Paul VI in 1976 for his commitment to the local Lourdes Hospitalité pilgrimage foundation. [13] [14]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Thomas Fitzsimons | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 3 September 1995 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
St Joseph's College | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
St Roch's | |||
1934–1938 | Celtic | 5 | (0) |
1938–1941 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | (22) |
1941–1942 | Clyde | 0 | (0) |
1942–1946 | Falkirk | 15 | (6) |
1946–1947 | Hamilton Academical | 11 | (3) |
1947–1948 | Clyde | 21 | (7) |
Total | 80 | (38) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Thomas Fitzsimons (3 March 1915 – 3 September 1995) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, and a medical doctor who acted as Celtic F.C.'s club physician for 34 years, also working for the Scotland national football team in the role. [1]
He began his senior football career at Celtic in 1934, also training for his medical qualifications at the Anderson College of Medicine [2] (then associated with the University of Glasgow but today an integral part of the University of Strathclyde). Due in part to his educational commitments he was only a fringe player at the Hoops (five Scottish Division One appearances in four seasons), [3] and transferred to lower division Alloa Athletic in 1938. [4] During World War II when the usual competitions were suspended for seven years, he switched to Clyde then Falkirk, [5] where he made over 150 appearances in total, played on the losing side in the 1943 Southern League Cup final [6] [7] [8] and was still with the Bairns when official competitions resumed in 1946, [9] though by the end of that year he had signed for Hamilton Academical, [10] soon making a return to Clyde before retiring from playing in 1948. [11]
In his medical career, Fitzsimons worked at Belvidere Hospital ( Parkhead) then as a GP in his native Glasgow. [12] In 1953 he was appointed as Celtic's club doctor, a position he held until 1987 spanning the highly successful period under manager Jock Stein. He had a similar occasional role with the Scottish international squad from 1970 to 1982, accompanying them to three FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. [1] He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Paul VI in 1976 for his commitment to the local Lourdes Hospitalité pilgrimage foundation. [13] [14]
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