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John Divers (footballer, born 1911)

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for several months in 1947 before returning to finish his career with a second spell with Morton between 1948 and 1949. He earned one cap for Scotland, against
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appearances for the club, but played over 200 matches overall including unofficial wartime games (he did not see frontline service, instead working in a
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This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1910s, is a
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and was also the creative mastermind behind its victory in the
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Divers was the nephew of former Celtic and Ireland player
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in the local shipyards, so was able to continue playing).
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You can help Knowledge by 365:, while his son, also named 312:Scottish league championship 7: 10: 700: 654:Scottish football managers 634:Footballers from Clydebank 609:Scottish men's footballers 526: 478:"Tommy Gallacher obituary" 411:Barry Hugman's Footballers 356: 306:, who joined Celtic from 289: 256: 244: 239: 234: 216: 211: 195: 179: 161: 145: 127: 114: 88: 83: 76: 73: 65: 62: 53: 50: 42: 39: 34: 31: 26: 369:, played for Celtic and 320:Empire Exhibition Trophy 659:Portadown F.C. managers 649:Portadown F.C. players 284:Scotland national side 664:Renfrew F.C. players 520:at WorldFootball.net 212:International career 27:Personal information 614:Celtic F.C. players 509:John Divers profile 345:in 1945, moving to 341:He left Celtic for 336:reserved occupation 294:Divers was born in 23: 16:Scottish footballer 21: 561: 560: 513:thecelticwiki.com 353:in October 1938. 270:, who played for 261: 260: 235:Managerial career 691: 582: 575: 568: 544: 543: 542: 536: 528: 496: 495: 493: 491: 486:. 6 October 2001 474: 468: 462: 456: 455: 453: 451: 440: 434: 428: 422: 421: 419: 417: 403: 381:, and grandsons 242: 219: 198: 182: 164: 148: 130: 108: 100: 57: 24: 20: 699: 698: 694: 693: 692: 690: 689: 688: 589: 588: 587: 586: 537: 531: 524: 505: 500: 499: 489: 487: 476: 475: 471: 463: 459: 449: 447: 442: 441: 437: 429: 425: 415: 413: 405: 404: 400: 395: 371:Partick Thistle 363:Patsy Gallacher 359: 347:Oldham Athletic 308:Renfrew Juniors 292: 280:Oldham Athletic 240: 217: 196: 180: 168:Oldham Athletic 162: 146: 128: 55: 17: 12: 11: 5: 697: 687: 686: 681: 676: 671: 666: 661: 656: 651: 646: 641: 636: 631: 626: 621: 616: 611: 606: 601: 585: 584: 577: 570: 562: 559: 558: 545: 522: 521: 515: 504: 503:External links 501: 498: 497: 469: 457: 435: 423: 397: 396: 394: 391: 358: 355: 300:Dunbartonshire 291: 288: 259: 258: 254: 253: 250:player/manager 243: 237: 236: 232: 231: 228: 225: 220: 214: 213: 209: 208: 206: 204: 199: 193: 192: 190: 188: 183: 177: 176: 173: 170: 165: 159: 158: 156: 154: 149: 143: 142: 139: 136: 131: 125: 124: 122: 120: 115: 112: 111: 102: 95: 90: 86: 85: 84:Senior career* 81: 80: 78:Inside forward 75: 71: 70: 64: 63:Place of death 60: 59: 58:(aged 72) 52: 48: 47: 41: 40:Place of birth 37: 36: 33: 29: 28: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 696: 685: 682: 680: 677: 675: 672: 670: 667: 665: 662: 660: 657: 655: 652: 650: 647: 645: 642: 640: 637: 635: 632: 630: 627: 625: 622: 620: 617: 615: 612: 610: 607: 605: 602: 600: 597: 596: 594: 583: 578: 576: 571: 569: 564: 563: 557: 555: 551: 546: 541: 535: 530: 529: 525: 519: 516: 514: 510: 507: 506: 485: 484: 479: 473: 466: 461: 445: 439: 432: 427: 412: 408: 407:"John Divers" 402: 398: 390: 388: 384: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 354: 352: 348: 344: 339: 337: 333: 329: 325: 321: 317: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 287: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 265: 255: 251: 247: 238: 233: 229: 226: 224: 221: 215: 210: 207: 205: 203: 200: 194: 191: 189: 187: 184: 178: 174: 171: 169: 166: 160: 157: 155: 153: 150: 144: 140: 137: 135: 132: 126: 123: 121: 119: 116: 113: 110: 103: 101: 96: 94: 91: 87: 82: 79: 72: 68: 61: 51:Date of death 49: 45: 38: 35:6 August 1911 32:Date of birth 30: 25: 19: 554:expanding it 547: 523: 512: 488:. 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Clydebank
Glasgow
Inside forward
Renfrew
Celtic
Morton
Oldham Athletic
Morton
Portadown
Scotland
Portadown
player/manager
footballer
Celtic
Morton
Oldham Athletic
Scotland national side
Clydebank
Dunbartonshire
inside left
Renfrew Juniors
Scottish league championship
1937–38
Empire Exhibition Trophy
Everton
Glasgow Cup
League
reserved occupation
Morton
Oldham Athletic

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