John Aitkenhead (8 October 1923 – 29 March 1987) was a Scottish

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 Queen's Park, Hibernian,

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

and

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

. He also represented 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 ...

three times.

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1923 births 1987 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Queen's Park F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Footballers from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub