Jock Rattray

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Jock Rattray

| fullname = John Campbell Rattray

| image =

| birth_date = 14 October 1890

| birth_place = Lumphinnans, Scotland

| death_date = {{death year and age|1958|1890}}

| death_place = Kirkcaldy, Scotland

| height =

| position = {{ublist|Inside right|Right half}}

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1911–1913

| years2 = 1913–1917

| years3 = 1915–1916

| years4 = 1918–1919

| years5= 1919–1922

| years6= 1922–1924

| clubs1 = Falkirk

| clubs2 = Raith Rovers

| clubs3 = → Ayr United (loan)

| clubs4= Dumbarton{{cite book | last = McAllister | first = Jim | title = The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club | publisher = J&J Robertson Printers | year = 2002 | location = Dumbarton}}

| clubs5 = Raith Rovers

| clubs6 = Bethlehem Steel

| caps1 = 37

| caps2 = 95

| caps3 = 8

| caps4 = 1

| caps5= 73

| caps6= 34

| goals1 = 15

| goals2 = 22

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| goals5= 5

| goals6= 10

| manageryears1 = 1923–1924

| managerclubs1 = Bethlehem Steel

| manageryears2 = 1928–1930

| managerclubs2 = TSV Lyra

}}

John Campbell Rattray (14 October 1890 – 1958) was an early twentieth-century Scottish football inside forward who played professionally in Scotland and the United States.

Playing career

=Scotland=

Rattray was born in Lumphinnans, Fife, Scotland. In February 1910 he began his professional career with Falkirk of the Scottish Football League First Division. He spent two full seasons at Falkirk before transferring to Raith Rovers in 1913,{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} but his career was interrupted, along with so many others, by the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Rattray served along with other footballers in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the war,{{cite web|url=http://www.raithrovers.net/12691/wear-these-shirts-with-pride.htm|title=Wear These Shirts With Pride - Raith Rovers FC|work=raithrovers.net}} not returning to football until January 1919 when he signed with Dumbarton. He then moved back to Raith Rovers for three more years. In recognition of his service to the Kirkcaldy club he was awarded a benefit match, which was played against a Fifeshire Select on 4 January 1921.

=United States=

In 1922, Rattray left Scotland to sign with the Bethlehem Steel of the American Soccer League.{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }} His last game with the team came in the final of the 1924 American Cup. He was not slated to start the game, but was written in to fill in for an injured teammate. His selection paid dividends when he scored the game's only goal, giving Steel its sixth American Cup title. At the time it was said of him:

{{blockquote|When actively engaged in the sport Rattray was one of the versatile type of players. He was equally effective on the halfback line as he was among the forwards, and frequently alternated in the positions of right halfback and inside right.{{cite web|url=http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl090624d.html|title=Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club -- September 6, 1924|work=bethlehemsteelsoccer.org}}}}

Rattray retired following the 1923–1924 season, returning to Scotland where he settled in Cowdenbeath.

Coaching career

In 1928 he went for two years to Belgium as coach for second division team TSV Lyra.{{cite web |url=http://users.skynet.be/fb304341/ |title=www.belgiumsoccerhistory.com |publisher=Users.skynet.be |accessdate=2016-07-03 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805054752/http://users.skynet.be/fb304341/ |url-status=dead }}{{failed verification|date=July 2016}}

Honours

;Bethlehem Steel

American Cup: 1924{{cite web | url=http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl090624d.html | title=RATTRAY LEAVES FOR SCOTLAND After 14 years of Soccer Service Veteran Returns to Native Heath JACK WILL ENTER BUSINESS | publisher=Street Soccer | work=The Globe | date=6 September 1924 | accessdate=21 March 2021}}
American Soccer League Runners-up: 1923–24