John 'Jocky' Dempster (born 8 October 1948) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right winger, mainly for Queen of the South and also St Mirren and Clyde.
Dempster played with junior outfit Muirkirk before signing for Queen of the South at the start of the 1969–70 season.
Dempster played alongside teammates Allan Ball, Iain McChesney and Crawford Boyd, who were named amongst the best eleven that Dempster played with at Palmerston Park.
[2] Queens narrowly missed out on promotion in Dempster's first season at Palmerston, the 1968-70 season, as the club finished third in the table behind Falkirk and Cowdenbeath respectively, in Scottish League Division Two.
After leaving Palmerston Park, Dempster played for senior clubs St Mirren and Clyde for a season a-piece, before moving to Scottish Juniors club Cumnock.