Daniel John Ferguson Paton (3 December 1871 – 9 August 1957) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played in
the Football League
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for
Aston Villa
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. He made one appearance for
Scotland
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in 1896 while playing club football for St Bernard's in
Edinburgh
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, where he also won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,year earlier. He began and ended his career at
Vale of Leven
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and also featured for Clyde.
Some publications assert that Robert Paton, also an international from the same neighbourhood, was his brother, but this is incorrect; however his actual elder brothers were footballers:
Alex
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had several seasons with Bolton Wanderers, and Jim also played for Vale of Leven and made one appearance for Aston Villa.
Aston Villa
Daniel Paton made his
Football League
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debut for Aston Villa on 17 March 1890 when they made the trip to the
Victoria Ground
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, Stoke-on-Trent. Paton played at
centre-forward
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. The match ended 1–1. (registration & fee required)
Paton made two appearances for Aston Villa early in the 1890–91 season, both at centre-forward. The
Lancashire Evening Post
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of 11 October 1890 reported on the Aston Villa vs Everton match, played at Wellington Road on that day: "There were fully 12,000 spectators present, and a great enthusiasm was evinced. Paton re-appeared for the Villa, as did Albert Brown. Everton played their full strength team. At four o'clock Paton kicked off uphill for the Villa, and, with a grand, pretty run, nearly scored, the final shot shaving the post". The match ended 2–2, Paton scoring one of his side's goals.(registration & fee required) Paton's final appearance was on 18 October 1890; Villa travelled to the County Ground, Derby and lost a very high-scoring match 5–4.
Paton was re-signed by Villa in 1898 but was never selected to play.