| John Proudfoot |
 John Proudfoot was born on Friday, 27th February, 1874, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. The 5' 6 (12st 0lbs) forward signed for Thistle on Friday, 19th January, 1894. Aged 20, he made his first known appearance on Saturday, 11th August, 1894, in a 5-2 win at home to Dundee Wanderers in the SFL Second Division. That day, John became a member of our scoring debutant's club, and even added a second for good measure. He scored the last of his 67 known goals on Saturday, 14th May, 1904, in a 2-1 friendly defeat at home to Queen's Park. He played his last known game for the club on Monday, 22nd August, 1904, in a 2-0 friendly defeat away to Maryhill, having clocked up at least 121 appearances for the Thistle. His club-list included Partick Thistle, Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Watford and Hamilton Academical. John died on Sunday, 22nd April, 1934, in Glasgow, aged 60. |
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| 20y, 5m, 15d | |
11.08.1894 Dundee Wanderers [h] W5-2 (SFL Second Division - game 1) |
| 20y, 6m, 5d | |
01.09.1894 Royal Albert [h] W6-1 (Scottish Cup 1st Preliminary Round) |
| 20y, 6m, 19d | |
15.09.1894 Cambuslang [h] W3-1 (Glasgow Cup 1st Round) |
| 20y, 8m, 14d | |
10.11.1894 Rangers [h] L3-5 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |
| 20y, 8m, 21d | |
17.11.1894 Motherwell [h] W5-3 (SFL Second Division - game 5) |
| 20y, 10m, 6d | |
02.01.1895 Victoria United [a] W4-1 (Friendly) |
| 20y, 10m, 9d | |
05.01.1895 Cowlairs [h] W4-2 (SFL Second Division - game 9) |
| 20y, 10m, 23d | |
19.01.1895 Abercorn [a] D3-3 (SFL Second Division - game 10) |
| 20y, 11m, 27d | |
23.02.1895 Abercorn [h] W5-1 (SFL Second Division - game 11) |
| 21y, 0m, 3d | |
02.03.1895 Falkirk [a] W6-5 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 0m, 10d | |
09.03.1895 Dundee Wanderers [a] L5-6 (SFL Second Division - game 12) |
| 21y, 2m, 14d | |
11.05.1895 Heart of Midlothian Reserves [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 2m, 28d | |
25.05.1895 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W5-0 (SFL Second Division - game 18) |
| 21y, 5m, 23d | |
19.08.1895 Rangers [a] L1-5 (J. Black Benefit) |
| 21y, 5m, 28d | |
24.08.1895 Renton [a] W6-2 (SFL Second Division - game 2) |
| 21y, 7m, 22d | |
19.10.1895 Cowlairs [h] W6-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 21y, 7m, 29d | |
26.10.1895 Queen's Park [a] W5-1 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 8m, 6d | |
02.11.1895 Celtic [a] L1-5 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |
| 21y, 8m, 13d | |
09.11.1895 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W2-1 (SFL Second Division - game 5) |
| 21y, 10m, 22d | |
18.01.1896 Morton [h] W4-1 (SFL Second Division - game 11) |
| 21y, 10m, 29d | |
25.01.1896 Heart of Midlothian 'A' [h] W5-2 (Friendly) |
| 21y, 11m, 5d | |
01.02.1896 Abercorn [h] W4-2 (SFL Second Division - game 12) |
| 21y, 11m, 12d | |
08.02.1896 Linthouse [h] W5-1 (SFL Second Division - game 13) |
| 22y, 0m, 23d | |
21.03.1896 Linthouse [a] W3-1 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 1m, 1d | |
28.03.1896 Clyde [a] L2-5 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 1m, 15d | |
11.04.1896 Kilmarnock [a] W3-2 (SFL Second Division - game 18) |
| 22y, 2m, 5d | |
02.05.1896 Wishaw Thistle [h] W7-1 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 6m, 23d | |
19.09.1896 Linthouse [a] W5-3 (Scottish Qualifying Cup 1st Round replay) |
| 22y, 6m, 30d | |
26.09.1896 Royal Albert [h] W2-0 (Scottish Qualifying Cup 2nd Round) |
| 22y, 7m, 20d | |
17.10.1896 Linthouse [a] L1-3 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final) |
| 22y, 8m, 4d | |
31.10.1896 Cambuslang [h] W4-1 (Friendly) |
| 22y, 8m, 25d | |
21.11.1896 Linthouse [h] W3-2 (SFL Second Division - game 6) |
| 22y, 9m, 8d | |
05.12.1896 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W4-1 (SFL Second Division - game 8) |
| 22y, 10m, 13d | |
09.01.1897 Rangers [h] L2-4 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) |
| 29y, 7m, 20d | |
17.10.1903 Queen's Park [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 10) |
| 29y, 9m, 8d | |
05.12.1903 Queen's Park [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
| 29y, 10m, 13d | |
09.01.1904 Hibernian [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 20) |
| 29y, 10m, 27d | |
23.01.1904 Motherwell [a] L1-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) |
| 29y, 11m, 10d | |
06.02.1904 Dundee [h] W6-1 (SFL First Division - game 22) |
| 30y, 0m, 14d | |
12.03.1904 Airdrieonians [h] W3-0 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
| 30y, 1m, 13d | |
09.04.1904 Dundee [a] L2-3 (Inter City League - game 4) |
| 30y, 2m, 17d | |
14.05.1904 Queen's Park [h] L1-2 (Friendly) |
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