John Maconnachie

John Smith Jackson Maconnachie (8 May 1885 – 1956) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.

John Maconnachie

Personal information
Full name	John Smith Jackson Maconnachie
Date of birth	(1885-05-08)8 May 1885
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death	1956 (aged 70–71)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1903	Glasgow Perthshire
1903–1907	Hibernian	78	(6)
1907–1920	Everton	245	(6)
1914	→ Hibernian (loan)	1	(0)
1916	→ Djurgården (guest)
1918	→ Shelbourne (guest)
1920	→ Djurgården (loan)
1920–1922	Swindon Town	55	(3)
	Swindon Town	1	(0)
1923	Foleshill Great Heath
	Lowestoft Town
1928	Barrow	2	(0)
Total		382	(15)
Managerial career
1922	Djurgården
1926–1927	FC Zürich
1927–1928	Barrow
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Aberdeen, Maconnachie spent his early career in his native Scotland with Glasgow Perthshire and Hibernian,^[1] before moving to English side Everton in 1907.^[2][3] Between September 1907 and May 1915 Maconnachie made 229 appearances in the English Football League,^[4][5] winning the competition as team captain in 1914–15 before the regular competitions were suspended during World War I, during which he served in the British Army, then as a mechanic in the Royal Air Force.^[3] He resumed his football career when the conflict was over and played one further top level season for Everton (16 league appearances, 2 goals) in 1919–20.^[2][6]

Maconnachie then moved to Swindon Town, making a further 55 appearances in the Football League Third Division (South) over two seasons.^[7] He moved to Sweden in 1922 to become manager of Djurgårdens IF, a club he had played for as a guest during the war, and then on loan,^[2][3] but soon returned to England, making one more appearance for Swindon in January 1923. In July 1926, he took over as coach of all teams at FC Zurich.^[8] He later managed Barrow between 1927 and 1928;^[9] now well into his 40s, he played twice for them in February 1928.^[2][3]