John McFarlane (footballer, born 1899)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = John McFarlane

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| position = Left half

| birth_date = 24 November 1899

| birth_place = Bathgate, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|2|25|1899|11|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Scotland

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| years1 = 1917–1918

| clubs1 = Denbeath Star

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| years2 = 1918–1919

|clubs2= Wellesley Juniors

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|years3= 1919–1929

|clubs3= Celtic

| caps3 = 268 | goals3 = 12

| years4 = 1929–1933

|clubs4= Middlesbrough

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|years5= 1933–1934

|clubs5= Shelbourne

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|years6= 1934–1935

|clubs6= Dunfermline Athletic

| caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 1924–1928

|nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1= 0

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John "Jean" McFarlane (24 November 1899 – 25 February 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough and Dunfermline Athletic as a half back.{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}

He made over 300 appearances for Celtic in a decade as a first team player at the club, winning five major honours: two Scottish Football League championships (1921–22 and 1925–26) and three Scottish Cups (1923, 1925 and 1927).[http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2423 (Celtic player) Macfarlane, John], FitbaStats[https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/macfarlane-john-image-3-celtic-1922/ MacFarlane John Image 3 Glasgow Celtic 1922], Vintage Footballers[https://thecelticstar.com/jim-craig-murdo-macleod-thundered-a-tremendous-drive-past-mccloy/ Jim Craig – Murdo MacLeod thundered a tremendous drive past McCloy], The Celtic Star, 21 November 2018

McFarlane was selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI[https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/johnmcfarlane.html (SFL player) John McFarlane] London Hearts Supporters Club and played in an international trial match in 1924[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1924/1924040101.htm Football. {{!}} Anglo-Scots At Glasgow.] The Scotsman, 2 April 1924, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club but never gained a full cap for Scotland, one of few players to appear so often for the SFL team without playing at least once for the SFA.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

His nephew Willie Fagan was also a footballer who played for Celtic and won the English Football League title with Liverpool.