Jack Cock

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Jack Cock
Cock as a guest player at Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name John Gilbert Cock[1]
Date of birth (1893-11-14)14 November 1893
Place of birth Hayle, England
Date of death 19 April 1966(1966-04-19) (aged 72)[2]
Place of death Kensington, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)
Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1911 West Kensingston United
1911–1912 Forest Gate
1912–1914 Old Kingstonians
1914 Brentford 3 (1)
1914–1919 Huddersfield Town 18 (9)
1917–1919 → Brentford (guest) 48 (52)
1919–1923 Chelsea 99 (47)
1923–1925 Everton 69 (29)
1925–1927 Plymouth Argyle 90 (72)
1927–1930 Millwall 115 (77)
1931–1932 Folkestone
Walton & Hersham
International career
1919–1920 England 2 (2)
Managerial career
1944–1948 Millwall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Gilbert Cock

centre forward. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England national team,[3] a decorated World War I soldier,[3] and an actor. His younger brothers, Donald Cock and Herbert Cock
, also played professional football.

Playing career

Born in

hattricks, a wartime record he shares with Len Townsend.[5]
Cock also played for England in the Victory International in 1919.

With the resumption of league football in 1919, he moved back to Huddersfield who, at the time, were in severe financial trouble. Cock was sold to

Bradford and hit 22 more that season in 30 league games, a key factor in the club finishing third in the League and reaching the FA Cup
semi-finals.

Cock's first season with the Stamford Bridge club proved to be his most successful, and thereafter his goalscoring record was never as prolific, though he was still top scorer at the club in 1920–21 and 1921–22. After scoring one goal in 11 appearances in 1922–23, he was transferred to Everton in February 1923. He ended his Chelsea career with a nonetheless impressive 53 goals from 110 games. Cock remained on Merseyside for two years, before signing for Plymouth Argyle in March 1925, where he scored 72 League goals in just 90 games,[3][6] including a club record 32 goals in 39 League games in 1926–27. However, the club finished 2nd in the Third Division South in each of his three seasons there and thus missed out on promotion. His playing career ended on a high note, though, when he moved to Millwall and scored 92 goals in 135 appearances, helping the club win the Division Three South title in 1927–28. His 77 League goals there remained a club record until 1973. He is currently Millwall's fourth all-time leading scorer, with 83 goals in all competitions.

Cock ended his first class playing career with 234

War Cup South final at Wembley in 1945, where they lost to his old side Chelsea. The club's playing squad was hit hard by World War II and they were relegated at the end of the 1947–48
season; he left the job shortly afterwards.

He made his England debut against

cap against Scotland[3]
in 1920, again scoring.

Owing to his good looks and a

pub in New Cross. He died in Kensington on 19 April 1966, at the age of 72.[7]

Honours

Brentford

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1-899468-67-6
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  2. ^ a b "Jack Cock". England Football Online. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-907969-40-2
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  4. ^ "Cock Jack Image 1 Chelsea 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ^ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Bournemouth 04/09/04. 2004. p. 47.
  6. ^ "Jack Cock". GoS–DB. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Jack Cock". Millwall F.C. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  8. ISBN 0951526200
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