{{Short description|Scottish footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jock Shearer | image = | caption = | fullname = John McMillan Shearer<ref>{{Hugman|17835|accessdate=7 September 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|7|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Dunfermline, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|4|3|1917|7|8|df=y}} | death_place = Surrey, England | height = | position = Inside forward | years1 = 1946 | clubs1 = Derby County | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1946–1949 | clubs2 = Bradford City | caps2 = 75 | goals2 = 17 | years3 = 1949–1951 | clubs3 = Grimsby Town | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 9 | totalcaps = 109 | totalgoals = 26 | manageryears1 = 1951–1953 | managerclubs1 = Sligo Rovers }}
'''John McMillan Shearer''' (8 July 1917 – 3 April 1979) was a Scottish professional football player and coach.
==Career== After serving with the British Army during World War Two, Shearer signed a professional contract with Derby County in 1946. He left later that same year to sign for Bradford City, where he spent three seasons before moving to Grimsby Town.
After retiring as a player in 1951, Shearer became manager of Irish club Sligo Rovers.
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==External links== * {{NeilBrownPlayers|player3/johnshearer|John Shearer}}
{{Sligo Rovers F.C. managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shearer, Jock}} Category:1917 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Scottish football managers Category:Derby County F.C. players Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. managers Category:League of Ireland managers Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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