John Lunn (footballer)

John Lunn
Personal information
Date of birth 9 December 1946
Place of birth Fife, Scotland
Date of death 1973 (aged 2627)
Playing position Left-back
Youth career
Blairhall Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1972 Dunfermline Athletic 249 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Lunn (1946 – 1973) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a left-back for Dunfermline Athletic.[1] Lunn helped Dunfermline win the 1967–68 Scottish Cup. He later suffered from leukemia and died in 1973.[2]

References

  1. "John Lunn". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. "Key dates in the club's history". www.dafc.co.uk. Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 20 July 2015. 1973 Won promotion from Division Two with 95 goals - the highest goalscorers in Britain. John Lunn, one of Dunfermline's finest players of the 1960's, died of leukaemia.


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