John Atkinson (footballer, born 1884)
John Atkinson was a Scottish amateur football outside left who made played in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Celtic and Partick Thistle.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.Honours
Hamilton Academical
