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MADDEN, JOHN 2 caps (for Scotland)
b Dumbarton 11.6.1863 d Prague 17.4.1948
Clubs
Dumbarton A
Dumbarton Hibernian
Dumbarton 1886-87
Gainsborough Town 1887-88
Grimsby Town
Celtic 1888-89
Dumbarton
Celtic 1889-90
          1890-91 17 app 4 goals
          1891-92 11 app 7 goals
Sheffield Wednesday
Celtic 1892-93 14 app 5 goals
          1893-94 15 app 5 goals
          1894-95 14 app 9 goals
          1895-96 12 app 3 goals
          1896-97 8 app
Dundee 1897-98 4 app
Tottenham Hotspur 1897-98 2 app in Southern League

From what i can gather he was better known as Jake.

Another (older) resource lists his dob as 11.6.1865.

A small biography of him
2 caps v Wales he scored 4 goals in his Scottish debut on Sat 18 March 1893 at the Racecourse ground and another goal in his only other appearance for Scotland again at the Racecourse (Wrexham) v Wales.
One of the first players to go to Europe : to the Slavia club in Prague and was still coaching there in the 1930's.
Club Honours Dumbarton Scottish Cup Finalist 1887
Celtic League Champions 1893,1894,1896
Scottish Cup Winner 1892 (1st game only) Finalist 1893,1894
Centre Forward with much experience at Outside Right too. Neat and Clever in action and extremely dangerous when, by the early 1890's, an early inclination to indifferent finishing had been rectified. Not very big.

I would be interested to see any photos you have of him in football dress or in a team.

Hi im pretty sure the photo of the football team is Queen of the South. As im new to this site im not 100% sure if this will work but hopefully there is a picture of the Queen of the South's club colours on this post.

I have PM'd you re other details

I like the way they put their football tops over their school unifrom. That would have been very warm on a sunny day !