Bob Jack
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Jack | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1876 | ||
Place of birth | Alloa, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 6 May 1943 | (aged 67)||
Place of death | Southend-on-Sea, England | ||
Position(s) |
Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1891–1895 | Alloa Athletic | ||
1895–1901 | Bolton Wanderers | 110 | (29) |
1901–1902 | Preston North End | 22 | (6) |
1902–1903 | Glossop | 30 | (6) |
1903–1906 | Plymouth Argyle | 93 | (8) |
1906–1910 | Southend United | ||
1910 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | (0) |
Total | 256 | (49) | |
Managerial career | |||
1905–1906 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
1906–1910 | Southend United | ||
1910–1938 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Jack (4 April 1876 – 6 May 1943) was a Scottish
Playing career
Jack began his career with Alloa Athletic, making his debut at the age of 15 and turning professional in 1893. He moved to Bolton Wanderers in 1895. He was Bolton's leading scorer in the 1896–97 season with 11 goals. He played a total for 110 league and 15 FA Cup games for the club, scoring 29 goals.[1] He left Bolton in August 1901, following a serious ankle injury.[2] He joined local rivals Preston North End after scoring 29 goals in 110 league games for Bolton. He spent just one season with Preston, scoring 6 goals in 22 league games, before returning home for a short spell with Alloa at the start of 1902/03, then joining Glossop in late September. After a further 6 goals in 30 appearances he moved to Plymouth Argyle, becoming the club's first professional in 1903.[2] He made his Argyle debut in September 1903 against West Ham United in the Western League.[2] In 1904–05, the club's handbook described him as "our famous flier, probably last season was the best in the player's history".[2]
Managerial career
Following the departure of Frank Brettell, Jack became player-manager of Plymouth Argyle in 1905, 1905–06, and led the club to third in the Western League and fifth in the Southern League. He left the club in the summer to take up the position of player-manager at Southend United.[3] In his first two seasons with Southend they twice won the Southern League Second Division title, gaining election to the Southern League First Division in 1908.
He retired as a player at the end of the 1909–10 season and re-joined Plymouth Argyle as manager, remaining in charge at Home Park until April 1938 when he retired.
Later life
Jack lived in
His ashes were scattered over the pitch at Home Park, Plymouth.
Managerial honours
References
- General
- Danes, Ryan (2009). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record. Plymouth: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-710-8.
- Cowdery, Rick (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Plymouth: Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905411-40-5.
- Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-40-2.
- Specific
- ^ "Only shown are players with surnames beginning with the letter J". bwfcstats.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d Bob Jack Greens on Screen. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Southend United F.C.: Increase in nominal capital: Prospectus". Companies House. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ Argyle Managers Greens on Screen. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ISBN 1-874287-47-3
- ^ "Bowls Champion". Daily Herald. 18 August 1926. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.