Johnny Duncan (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Duncan | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 March 1966 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Leicester, England | ||
| Playing position | Right-half/Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1915–1916 | Lochgelly United | ||
| 1916–1922 | Raith Rovers | ||
| 1922–1930 | Leicester City | 279 | (88) |
| 1933 | Solus | ||
| National team | |||
| 1925 | Scotland | 1 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1946–1949 | Leicester City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John "Johnny" Duncan (nicknamed "Tokey") was a Scottish football player and manager, who is most notable for his time at Leicester City.
He captained the club to its greatest ever league finishes of 3rd and 2nd place in the First Division in 1927–28 and 1928–29 respectively. While also carrying much of the backroom influence at the time as he asserted the club remained faithful to Peter Hodge's passing style. He later managed the club to its first ever major cup final in 1949. He has been described as "an indelible Leicester City great"
He also holds the (joint) club record at Leicester for the most goals in a single game, scoring six goals in a 7–0 victory over Port Vale on Christmas Day 1924 (this record was later equalled by Arthur Chandler, who scored the opening goal before Duncan hit his six against Port Vale).
Former Leeds United and England manager Don Revie, who played under Duncan at Leicester, dedicates an entire chapter of his autobiography to Duncan, entitled "My Debt to Johnny Duncan" claiming "Until you have heard Johnny Duncan talk about Soccer then your Football Education is sadly lacking."
He started his senior football career with Lochgelly United in the wartime Eastern League during World War I, scoring a hat-trick against Dunfermline Athletic on his debut. After one year he moved on to Raith Rovers.
A skilful ball player, Duncan, who could play either as a wing half or an inside forward, Duncan began his career under Peter Hodge at Raith Rovers, where towards the end of his career at Raith, he played alongside the legendary inside-forward Alex James. Hodge was again re-united with Duncan after he signed Duncan, along with his brother Tom, for Leicester in 1922, where he was considered the lynch-pin around which Hodge's plans in progressing the club and instilling the Scottish passing style into the club's culture were built. After Hodge left in 1926, Duncan insisted the club stayed loyal to Hodge's passing style as the club reached its halcyon years of league success.
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