Jock Rutherford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Rutherford | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Percy Main, Northumberland, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 April 1963 (aged 78) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1902–1913 | Newcastle United | 290 | (78) |
| 1913–1923 | Woolwich Arsenal | 177 | (21) |
| 1923 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
| 1923–1926 | Arsenal | 45 | (4) |
| 1926–1927 | Clapton Orient | 9 | (0) |
| 1928 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | ||
| Total | 521 | (103) | |
| National team | |||
| 1904–1908 | England | 11 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1923 | Stoke | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John "Jock" Rutherford (12 October 1884 – 21 April 1963) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal, Clapton Orient and Newcastle United. He played 11 times for England, and had a short and unsuccessful spell as manager of Stoke.
Born in Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland, Rutherford was known for his longevity; he played nearly six hundred Football League and FA Cup matches, despite four seasons of football being cancelled due to World War I. He started his career at Newcastle United, making his debut in 1902 against West Bromwich Albion, scoring twice. Nicknamed "the Newcastle flyer", he spent ten seasons at the "Magpies", as an outside right renowned for his pace and close control. Newcastle were a dominant force at the time; Rutherford picked up three First Division medals, and played in five FA Cup finals (1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1911), though Newcastle only won the 1910 final against Barnsley, winning 2–1 in a replay after a 1–1 draw; Rutherford himself scored the equaliser in the first match, in the very last minute of normal time.
At the start of the 1913–14 season, Rutherford fell out with the Newcastle management over his wages, and he was promptly sold to Woolwich Arsenal, who had just been relegated to the Second Division. He made his Arsenal debut against Nottingham Forest on 1 November 1913 and scored twice in a 3–2 win, and quickly became a regular at the side. When the First World War broke out, Rutherford continued to guest for Arsenal in wartime matches, and despite being 35 when first-class football resumed in 1919, he continued to play regularly for Arsenal (who had been promoted back to the First Division) for another four seasons.
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