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John Ballantyne
Personal information
Full name	John Ballantyne
Date of birth	30 June 1892
Place of birth	Riccarton, Scotland
Date of death	Not known
Place of death	Scotland
Playing position	Outside right
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Not to be confused with Johnny Ballantyne.

John Ballantyne (30 June 1892 – after 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 20 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and played for Scottish Football League clubs Kilmarnock, Vale of Leven and Rangers. He played as an outside right.^[1]

Ballantyne was born in Riccarton, Ayrshire.^[1] He played for Kilmarnock and Vale of Leven before coming to England to join Birmingham in April 1913.^[2] He made his Small Heath debut on 26 April 1913, the last day of the 1912–13 Second Division season, in a 2–1 win at home to Grimsby Town.^[3] He played fairly regularly the following season, but thereafter lost his place to Richard Gibson, and when the First World War forced the suspension of the English leagues, Ballantyne returned to Scotland, initially with Vale of Leven. Towards the end of the 1915–16 season, he joined Rangers, for whom he played one game in the Scottish Football League First Division, in a 1–1 draw at St Mirren on 17 April 1916.^[2]^[4] He then returned to Vale of Leven, and joined Dumfries in 1918.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 15. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
^ Matthews, p. 159.
^ "Season 1915-16". The Rangers History Project. http://www.rangershistory.co.uk/seasons/1915-16.html. Retrieved 17 March 2009.

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[Joyce-0] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 15. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.

[Matthews70-1] Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

[2] Matthews, p. 159.

[3] "Season 1915-16". The Rangers History Project. http://www.rangershistory.co.uk/seasons/1915-16.html. Retrieved 17 March 2009.

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