John Torbet

{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name= | image= | fullname= John McDowell Torbet | height= | position= Outside left | birth_date= {{birth date|1903|09|25|df=y}} | birth_place= Benwhat, Scotland | death_date= {{death date and age|1957|02|16|1903|09|25|df=y}}<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1957+-+John+Torbet Death of former Partick Thistle Star] (scanned from Glasgow Evening Times, 1957) via Partick Thistle History Archive</ref> | death_place= Edinburgh, Scotland | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1= – | clubs1= Cumnock Juniors | caps1= | goals1= | years2= 1924–1933 | clubs2= Partick Thistle | caps2= 212 | goals2= 91 | years3= 1933–1934 | clubs3= Preston North End | caps3= 11 | goals3= 4 | years4 = 1934–1935 | clubs4= Burton Town | caps4= | goals4= | years5= 1935–1936 | clubs5= Stockport County | caps5= 6 | goals5= 1 | years6= 1936–1937 | clubs6= Ayr United | caps6= 46 | goals6= 26 | years7= 1937 | clubs7= Alloa Athletic | caps7= 5 | goals7= 3 | years8= 1937–1938 | clubs8= Leith Athletic | caps8= 2 | goals8= 0 | totalcaps= 282 | totalgoals = 124 }} '''John McDowell Torbet''' (25 September 1903 – 16 February 1957) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left.

Born in Benwhat, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, he signed for Partick Thistle from Cumnock Juniors in 1924, and went on to become the club's sixth-highest scorer of all time, scoring 116 goals in all competitions. During his nine-year spell at Firhill he played in the 1930 Scottish Cup final (scoring his side's goal in a 2-1 replay defeat to Rangers),<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O_49AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3094%2C2730488 The Cup Final | Rangers Win Replay at Hampden], The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1930</ref> and was selected for the Glasgow FA annual challenge match against Sheffield three times.<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref>

Torbet then moved to England, playing for Preston North End in 1933<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1933+-+John+Torbet+to+Preston+North+End John Torbert Transferred] (newspaper scan, 1933) via Partick Thistle History Archive</ref> before moving to Burton Town and Stockport County, then returned to Scotland with Ayr United, followed by brief spells with Alloa Athletic and Leith Athletic.<ref name=litsterprewar/> After retiring as a player, he became the Heart of Midlothian trainer in April 1946 until 1952.<ref>[https://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/article/leaders-of-men-john-harvey Leaders of Men: John Harvey], Heart of Midlothian FC, 24 March 2020</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.scottishleague.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=998 Jack Tarbatt, 1937-38], ScottishLeague.net, June 2007

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