David Jack
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Bone Nightingale Jack[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 April 1898||
Place of birth | Bolton, Lancashire, England | ||
Date of death | 10 September 1958[1] | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Lambeth, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1920 | Plymouth Argyle | 45 | (10) |
1920–1928 | Bolton Wanderers | 295 | (144) |
1928–1934 | Arsenal | 181 | (113) |
Total | 521 | (267) | |
International career | |||
1924–1932 | England | 9 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1934–1940 | Southend United | ||
1944–1952 | Middlesbrough | ||
1953–1955 | Shelbourne | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Bone Nightingale Jack (3 April 1898 – 10 September 1958) was an English
Personal life
Jack was born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1898, the son of Scottish footballer Bob Jack and his wife Georgina Nightingale.[1] He had two brothers, Rollo and Donald, who also played football.[1][2]
Jack was married to Kathleen.[1] Their son, also named David, became a journalist and writer who chaired both the Football Writers' Association and its Australian counterpart, the Australian Soccer Press Association.[3] Jack died in St Thomas' Hospital, London, in 1958 at the age of 60.[4]
He served in the
Playing career
An
A year later, he won his first England cap, in a 2–1 defeat against Wales on 3 March 1924. In eight years he played nine times for his country – four times as captain – and scored three goals.[1] He continued to have success with Bolton, winning the FA Cup again in 1925–26, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win over Manchester City.[8] He was the club's top scorer for five of the eight seasons he was there, scoring 144 goals in 295 league matches.[9][1] As of 2017[update], he remains Bolton's third highest goalscorer of all time, with 161 goals from 324 senior matches.[10]
In 1928, with Bolton in financial trouble,
Intended as a replacement for retired captain
Jack continued to feature for Arsenal through the early 1930s, recording a personal best of 34 goals in their
He is one of only three players to score more than 100 English top-flight league goals for two different clubs, along with Jimmy Greaves and Alan Shearer.
Managerial career
After retiring from playing, Jack went on to manage Southend United from May 1934 to August 1940 and then Middlesbrough from November 1944 to April 1952. He also managed League of Ireland side Shelbourne from August 1953 to April 1955.[1]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Charity Shield | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Plymouth Argyle | 1919-20 | Southern League | 31 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 |
1920-21 | Third Division South | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
Total | 45 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 15 | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 1920-21 | First Division | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
1921-22 | First Division | 39 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 24 | |
1922-23 | First Division | 41 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 19 | |
1923-24 | First Division | 39 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 27 | |
1924-25 | First Division | 42 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 27 | |
1925-26 | First Division | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | |
1926-27 | First Division | 38 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 17 | |
1927-28 | First Division | 33 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 24 | |
1928-29 | First Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
Total | 295 | 144 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 324 | 161 | ||
Arsenal | 1928-29 | First Division | 31 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 26 |
1929-30 | First Division | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | |
1930-31 | First Division | 35 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 34 | |
1931-32 | First Division | 34 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 24 | |
1932-33 | First Division | 34 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | |
1933-34 | First Division | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
Total | 181 | 113 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 124 | ||
Career total | 521 | 267 | 57 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 580 | 300 |
- 1923 Charity Shield appearance for Professionals v Amateurs
- 1926 Charity Shield appearance for Professionals v Amateurs
Honours
Professionals
Bolton Wanderers
Arsenal[1]
See also
- List of English football first tier top scorers
- List of footballers in England by number of league goals
- List of most expensive association football transfers
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Goodwin, Chris. "David Jack". England Football Online. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "The Jacks". Before the 'D'... association football around the world, 1863–1937. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "David Jack". Football Media Association Australia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Macadam, John (11 September 1958). "He was one of Arsenal's greatest". Daily Express. London. p. 4 – via Arsenal On This Day.
- ^ "Jack the lad responsible for Argyle and Southend progress". Plymouth Herald. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "David Jack". Greens on Screen. Steve Dean. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "David Jack". arsenalarsenal.net. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Obituary: David Jack". Manchester Guardian. 11 September 1958. p. 4 – via Arsenal On This Day.
- ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers – All-Time Top Goalscorers". Burnden Aces. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ISBN 9781909245754.
- ISBN 9780285502611.
- ^ Fox, Norman (24 October 1998). "Football: Jack the jewel of Highbury". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Arsenal first team line-ups". thearsenalhistory.com. Andy Kelly. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "David Jack". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Fortune smiles on the Arsenal". Sheffield Independent. 8 October 1930. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Goalscorers". Arsenal F.C. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "David Jack (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
Bibliography
- Hayes, Dean (1998). Britain In Old Photographs: Bolton Wanderers. Sexton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-2182-X.
External links
Media related to David Jack at Wikimedia Commons
- David Jack at Englandstats.com