John Pray (17 March 1872 – 1948) was a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played in the

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for Bury. He spent his early career with hometown club

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

and had short spells at

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...

clubs

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and St Bernard's either side of his six seasons in England with Bury, during which he won the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

References

Scottish men's footballers Bury F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Footballers from Falkirk Falkirk F.C. players St Bernard's F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players 1872 births 1948 deaths Men's association football wing halves Men's association football central defenders Scottish emigrants to Canada 19th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub