John May (footballer, born 1878)
John May was a Scottish football player.Club
He played as a left half-back and started his career at Paisley club Abercorn. He played for a couple more clubs before signing for Derby County. Whilst there he played in two losing FA Cup finals. May made 179 league appearances for Derby, scoring 17 goals.
He joined Rangers in May 1904 and went on to play 148 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup however his spell at the club coincided almost exactly with a period when rivals Celtic were dominant, and May did not claim a winner's medal in either of the major competitions before he moved on to Morton in 1910.International
May won five international caps for Scotland between 1906 and 1909.
