Harry Yorston

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HarryYorston
Personal information
Full name Henry Bowmaker Yorston[1]
Date of birth (1929-06-09)9 June 1929
Place of birth Scotland
Date of death 17 May 1992(1992-05-17) (aged 62)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
–1947 St. Clements
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1957 Aberdeen 202 (98)
1957–? Buckie Thistle
International career
1952 Scottish Football League XI 1 (0)
1954 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Bowmaker Yorston (9 June 1929 – 17 May 1992) was a Scottish professional football player, who played for Aberdeen, and represented Scotland once.[2] Yorston made over 200 league appearances for Aberdeen, scoring 98 goals.[3] His uncle Benny was also a professional footballer who, like his nephew, played for Aberdeen and the Scotland national side.

Yorston retired from professional football at the age of 28 after being offered a lucrative fish market porter job in Aberdeen.[4] In 1972, he won £175,000 on the football pools.[4] He died from brain cancer on 17 May 1992, at the age of 62.[4][5][6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7]
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 1947–48 Scottish Division One 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
1948–49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949–50 26 10 5 4 5 3 0 0 36 17
1950–51 29 18 3 3 10 5 0 0 42 26
1951–52 27 19 4 3 6 3 0 0 37 25
1952–53 19 6 9 7 4 3 0 0 32 16
1953–54 16 7 0 0 6 4 0 0 22 11
1954–55 28 12 6 3 2 0 0 0 36 15
1955–56 31 12 1 0 8 2 0 0 40 14
1956–57 20 8 1 1 6 2 0 0 27 11
Total 202 98 29 21 47 22 0 0 278 141

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1954 1 0
Total 1 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Henry Bowmaker Yorston death record". Scotland's People. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Henry Yorston". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  3. ^ "ABERDEEN : 1946/47 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 Years of the Dons. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 205–206. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.
  5. ^ Drysdale, Neil (6 January 2022). "Harry Yorston: The Aberdeen FC 'Golden Boy' who won the pools in 1972". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Golden Boy Yorston". Aberdeen Evening Express. 18 May 1992. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Harry Yorston | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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