John "Jock" Paterson (1926 – 14 January 2000) was a British
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 for
Hibernian and
Ayr United
Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...
.
Paterson went three consecutive seasons without missing a league game for Hibs and he played in every game of the championship winning 1951–52 season. Paterson played for the
Scottish Football League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...
in the following season, in a 3–0 defeat by a Welsh select team.
He was unable to play for the
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA ...
due to his English birthplace.
His son,
Craig Paterson
Craig Paterson (born 2 October 1959) is a Scottish former football player, who works as a pundit for BBC Radio Scotland and ''Sportscene''.
The son of former Hibernian defender Jock Paterson, , also played for Hibernian.
Paterson died in January 2000; a moment's silence was observed in his memory at the next Hibs home match.
References
External links
Jock Paterson, www.ihibs.co.uk
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1926 births
2000 deaths
Footballers from Colchester
Men's association football central defenders
English men's footballers
Hibernian F.C. players
Ayr United F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
Penicuik Athletic F.C. players
Date of birth missing
Anglo-Scots
20th-century English sportsmen