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Scottish footballer

John Falconer
Personal information
Full name	John Gunn Falconer
Date of birth	2 January 1902
Place of birth	Kinning Park, Scotland
Date of death	1982 (aged 79–80)
Place of death	Eastwood, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Gower Thistle
0000–1919	Ibrox Waverley
1919–1921	St Anthony's
1921–1930	Cowdenbeath	204	(0)
1931–1933	Celtic	7	(0)
1933–1934	East Stirlingshire	25	(0)
1934–1935	Creetown
1935–1936	Stranraer
International career
1928	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Gunn Falconer (2 January 1902 – 1982) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 200 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a goalkeeper.

Career

A goalkeeper, Falconer made 204 appearances in the top two divisions of Scottish football for Cowdenbeath in two spells between 1921 and 1928. While with the Fife club, he made one appearance for the Scottish League XI against the Football League XI in March 1928, but six months later his career appeared to have been ended when he sustained a broken kneecap.

He made a return to league football with Celtic in 1931 and was soon unexpectedly back in First Division action when he had to replace John Thomson, who had been fatally injured during a match. However, Joe Kennaway soon arrived at Celtic Park and after a period as his deputy, Falconer moved to Second Division club East Stirlingshire in 1933, where he played for one season.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cowdenbeath	1921–22	Scottish Second Division	37	0	3	0	—		40	0
	1922–23	Scottish Second Division	36	0	2	0	—		38	0
	1924–25	Scottish First Division	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
	1925–26		36	0	1	0	—		37	0
	1926–27		37	0	2	0	—		39	0
	1927–28		35	0	2	0	—		37	0
	1928–29		9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	Total		204	0	10	0	—		214	0
Celtic	1931–32	Scottish First Division	7	0	1	0	3	0	11	0
East Stirlingshire	1933–34	Scottish Second Division	25	0	1	0	—		26	0
Career total			236	0	12	0	3	0	251	0

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^ "Hall of Fame | John Falconer". Cowdenbeath FC. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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"Celtic Player John Falconer Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

v t e Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adamson H. Allan R. Allan Archibald Armstrong R. Birrell W. Birrell Bostock G. Brown J. Brown Buchanan Buckley Burns Cairns Callaghan Cowan Curle Devlin Dickson Drummond Dryburgh Edwards Falconer Frame Geddes Gildea Gilfillan Glancy Gomis Grant Hamill Hay Hemmings Henderson Hendren Hughes Jack Jones Jordan Kinnell Laing Lancaster Law Leonard Liddle Lindsay Mackenzie Malone Mbu McArthur McDowell McGarr McGlashan McGregor McLauchlan Menzies Mercer Middleton Mowbray Murphy Murray Paatelainen J. Paterson W. Paterson Philp Ja. Pollock Jo. Pollock Pullar Quinn Rankin Rankine Reid Renfrew Ritchie J. Robertson P. Robertson Ross R. Russell T. Russell Smith Steele G. Stewart W. Stewart Tait Taylor Turnbull Venters Walker Wall Walls Ward Wilson Winter Wright Yardley
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

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