John Prentice (footballer, born 1926)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Prentice | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Shotts, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 10 February 2006 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Australia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1942–1944 | Carluke Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–1950 | Heart of Midlothian | 6 | (0) |
| 1950–1956 | Rangers | 96 | (18) |
| 1956–1959 | Falkirk | 82 | (5) |
| 1959–1960 | Dumbarton | 9 | (1) |
| Total | 193 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1953 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1962 | Arbroath | ||
| 1962–1966 | Clyde | ||
| 1966 | Scotland | ||
| 1966–1968 | Falkirk | ||
| 1968–1971 | Dundee | ||
| 1973–1975 | Falkirk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Prentice (2 August 1926 – 10 February 2006) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Falkirk and Dumbarton, and managed Arbroath, Falkirk, Dundee, Clyde and Scotland.
Prentice was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire. After playing for the non-league club Carluke Rovers, Prentice signed for Hearts in 1944. A defender, he played for the Edinburgh side for seven years, before signing for Rangers in 1951 for £7000. He joined Falkirk in 1956 and the high point of his playing career was captaining Falkirk to their Scottish Cup triumph over Kilmarnock in the 1957 Scottish Cup Final. He left Falkirk in 1959 and signed for Dumbarton, where he finished his playing career. He also played for the Scottish League representative team.
Prentice began his managerial career at the age of 33 in April 1960, when he was appointed as manager of relegated First Division side Arbroath and took up his post for the final two games of the 1959–60 season. In his first full season (1960–61), Arbroath finished in 12th place in the 19 team Second Division after he had controversially sold top striker Dave Easson to Raith Rovers. In his second season, after a good start to the season, they finished in 6th place. Prentice suddenly resigned as manager in September 1962. No official reason was given for his exit, but a few weeks before his departure, Arbroath Town Council had refused to allocate him a house on the grounds that his job was not considered to be that of a ‘key worker’.
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