John Kearns

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John Kearns
Personal information
Full name	John H. Kearns
Date of birth	April 1880
Place of birth	Nuneaton, England
Date of death	January 1949 (aged 68)
Place of death	Walsall, England
Playing position	Fullback
Youth career
	Brownhills Albion
–	Hartshill Unity
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1903–1906	Coventry City
1906–1909	Birmingham	61	(1)
1909–1912	Aston Villa	39	(0)
1912–1915	Bristol City	93	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John H. Kearns (April 1880 – January 1949) was an English professional footballer born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who played as a fullback. He made nearly 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Aston Villa and Bristol City. While at Birmingham he understudied Frank Stokes and Jack Glover, but was first choice at Bristol City, for whom he played nearly 100 league games. He died in Walsall, Staffordshire, aged 68.

Career

John Kearns played for Bristol City.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 145. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 104–05. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

↑ Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. ISBN 1-900178-26-5. Unknown parameter |published= ignored (help)
↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
↑ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. ISBN 1-874427-95-X. Unknown parameter |published= ignored (help)

Persondata
Name	Kearns, John
Alternative names	Kearns John H.
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	April 1880
Place of birth	Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Date of death	January 1949
Place of death	Walsall, Staffordshire, England

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