John MacGregor Salter (3 August 1898 – 21 June 1982)[1] was an Anglo-Scottish professional footballer who made one Football League appearance as an inside forward for Southampton in 1923.
[2] Salter was born in Bitterne, Southampton and was enlisted in the British Army during the First World War.
During the war he suffered from gas poisoning and never made a full recovery, finding regular daily training exhausting.
[3] He made his debut when he replaced Henry Johnson as inside left for the match at Fulham on 10 November 1923.
[4] With only the one first-team appearance to his name, Salter was released in the summer of 1924 and took up employment with Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston.