John Atkinson (footballer, born 1884)

John Atkinson (5 December 1884 – 26 November 1914) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Celtic and Partick Thistle as an outside left.

Personal life
Atkinson was a medical student and later qualified as a doctor, moving to County Durham to practice. After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, he moved to work in Madagascar. He died in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa, in an accident on 26 November 1914.

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Honours
Hamilton Academical
 * Lanarkshire Cup: 1904–05, 1905–06