Johnny Crosbie

Football player infobox
playername = Johnny Crosbie


fullname = John Anderson Crosbie
height =
dateofbirth = June 3, 1896
cityofbirth = Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = February 1982 (aged 85)
cityofdeath = Ayr
countryofdeath = Scotland
currentclub =
height =
position = Inside forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Glenbuck Cherrypickers
Muirkirk Athletic
Saltcoats Victoria
years = 1913–1920
1920–1932
clubs = Ayr United
Birmingham
caps(goals) =
409 0(71)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
nationalyears = 1920–1922
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 00(0)

John Anderson 'Johnny' Crosbie was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Crosbie was born on June 3, 1896 in the Gorbals district of Glasgow. As a youth he played for several clubs in his local Ayrshire area, including the Glenbuck Cherrypickers club which produced many Scottish footballers. [cite book | author=Faulds, Rev. M. H. | coauthors=Wm. Tweedie, Jnr. | title=The Cherrypickers Glenbuck Nursery of Footballers | origyear=1951 | url=http://www.ayrshirehistory.com/cherrypickers.pdf | format=PDF | accessdate=2007-08-07 | publisher=Muirkirk Advertiser and Douglasdale Gazette | year=1997 ]

In July 1913, he signed for Ayr United. When the First World War put a temporary halt to his football career, he volunteered for the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. Ayr's board of directors agreed to keep him on half pay for the duration of his military service.cite web
url=http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?p=aufcgreatwar | title=Players and former players of AYR UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB who are known to have served in the Great War, 1914-1918 | accessdate=2007-08-07 | publisher=Ayr United F.C. ] After the war Crosbie returned to play for Ayr. He won his first full cap for Scotland in 1920 against Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff.cite web
url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=112816&CFID=2145402&CFTOKEN=25323477 | title=Scotland National Teams Player Details | accessdate=2007-08-07 | publisher=Scottish Football Association ] In May of that year he signed for Birmingham for a club record fee of £3,700. [cite book
author=Matthews, Tony | title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record | year=1995 | publisher=Breedon Books | pages=p. 80 | isbn=1-85983-010-2]

He played a great part in Birmingham winning the Second Division championship in 1920–21, playing in every game and creating numerous goals.cite book
author=Matthews, Tony | title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record | pages=pp. 14-19 ] The following season he won his second and last cap for Scotland, in a 1–0 win against England at Villa Park, Birmingham. He formed an excellent understanding with Joe Bradford, Birmingham's leading scorer through the 1920s. He set up Bradford's goal in the 1931 FA Cup Fina|, but this was not enough to give his side victory.

After finishing with football, he returned to Scotland and settled in Ayr, where he died in February 1982 aged 85.

Honours

*With Birmingham
**Football League Second Division champions 1921.
**FA Cup runners up 1931.

Notes

Persondata
NAME = Crosbie, John Anderson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1896-06-03
PLACE OF BIRTH = Glasgow, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH = February 1982
PLACE OF DEATH = Ayr, Scotland