John Downie (born July 19, 1925) was a Scottish football player. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He was born in Lanark, Scotland. Lanark is a small town in the Central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. He played as a forward. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Downie was purchased by Manchester United from Bradford Park Avenue in 1949 for a British record of £18,000 and played his last game for the club in 1953. Bradford Association Football Club (almost always referred to as Bradford (Park Avenue) are a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire Downie scored 37 goals (including 5 FA Cup Goals) in 116 appearances for the club.
Downie also played for Luton Town, Hull City and Mansfield Town. Luton Town Football Club are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Mansfield Town Football Club are an English football club who from the 2008&ndash09 season will compete in the Conference National.
After retiring from football, he worked as a newsagent in Bradford. Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Downie now lives in Tynemouth and regularly goes to watch local teams North Shields and Whitley Bay.