Jock Wightman

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jock Wightman

| image =

| fullname = John Renton Wightman{{cite book

| last = Joyce

| first = Michael

| title = Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939

| publisher = Tony Brown

| year = 2004

| page = 280

| isbn = 1-899468-67-6 }}

| birth_date = 2 November 1912

| birth_place = Duns, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|4|20|1912|11|2|df=y}}

| death_place = Blackburn, England

| position = Wing half{{Cite web | url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/carlisle/carlisle.html | title=Carlisle United - Player scores | access-date=2024-06-22 }}

| years1 = ????–1933

| years2 = 1933–1934

| years3 = 1934

| years4 = 1934–1937

| years5 = 1937–1946

| years6 = 1946–1947

| clubs1 = Scarborough

| clubs2 = York City

| clubs3 = Bradford Park Avenue

| clubs4 = Huddersfield Town

| clubs5 = Blackburn Rovers

| clubs6 = Carlisle United

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 5

| caps3 = 17

| caps4 = 64

| caps5 = 66

| caps6 = 36

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 0

}}

John Renton Wightman (2 November 1912 – 20 April 1964) was a Scottish footballer who played for Scarborough, York City, Bradford Park Avenue, Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers and Carlisle United. He was born in Duns. He died on 20 April 1964 in Blackburn, Lancashire.{{cite book

| last1 = Jarred

| first1 = Martin

| last2 = Windross

| first2 = Dave

| title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922-1997

| publisher = Citizen Publications

| year = 1997

| page = 111

| chapter = Football League Players

| isbn = 0-9531005-0-2 }}

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