{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = John Lathan | image = | caption = | fullname = John George Lathan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Sunderland, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1969–1974 | clubs1 = Sunderland | caps1 = 53 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 1974–1976 | clubs2 = Mansfield Town | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 14 | years3 = 1976–1978 | clubs3 = Carlisle United | caps3 = 61 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 1977 | clubs4 = → Barnsley (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1978–1979 | clubs5 = Portsmouth | caps5 = 58 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 1979–1980 | clubs6 = Mansfield Town | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 1980–1981 | clubs7 = Consett | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 1981–1982 | clubs8 = Wollongong City | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 1982–1983 | clubs9 = Arcadia Shepherds | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 1983–198? | clubs10 = Mamelodi Sundowns | caps10 = | goals10 = }}
'''John George Lathan''' (born 12 April 1952) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sunderland.<ref name="book">{{cite book|last1=Dykes|first1=Garth|last2=Lamming|first2=Doug|title=All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC|date=2000|location=Great Britain|isbn=9781899538157}}</ref>
He was part of the Mansfield Town team that won the Fourth Division in the 1974–75 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIVISION 4, 1974/75 |url=https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Seasons/1974-75/Div41974-75.htm |access-date=14 June 2024 |website=www.footballsite.co.uk}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lathan, John}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Sunderland Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players Category:Carlisle United F.C. players Category:Barnsley F.C. players Category:Portsmouth F.C. players Category:Consett A.F.C. players Category:Wollongong Wolves FC players Category:Arcadia Shepherds F.C. players Category:Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Category:English Football League players