Jack Greenwell
 Greenwell during his time as manager of Español in 1929 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Richard Greenwell | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Crook, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 November 1942 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
| Position(s) | Wing-half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1912 | Crook Town | ||
| 1912–1916 | Barcelona | 88 | (10[1]) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1913–1923 | Barcelona | ||
| 1923–1926 | UE Sants | ||
| 1926–1928 | CD Castellón | ||
| 1928–1930 | Español | ||
| 1930–1931 | Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII | ||
| 1931–1933 | Barcelona | ||
| 1933–1934 | Valencia | ||
| 1935–1936 | Sporting de Gijón | ||
| 1939–1940 |
Universitario de Deportes | ||
| 1939–1940 | Peru | ||
| 1942 | Independiente Santa Fe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Richard Greenwell (2 January 1884 – 20 November 1942) was an English
Playing career
Jack Greenwell was born in
He made his debut as player for Barcelona on 29 September 1912 in a 4–2 win over FC Espanya de Barcelona. Following the departure of Jack Alderson, Greenwell became the club's new player-coach. In 1913, Greenwell arranged for his former team Crook Town to play a series of games against Barcelona. The visiting English team beat them 4–2 and then held them to 1–1 and 2–2 draws. Together with a very young Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Bru and Romà Forns, Greenwell subsequently helped Barcelona win the Catalan championship in 1912–13 and 1915–16.
Managerial career
In Spain
After retiring as a player, he was appointed manager of Barcelona by the club president,
After leaving Barcelona in 1923, Greenwell became the inaugural manager UE Sants, a club based in the Sants district of Barcelona.[5] During his three seasons with the club, he helped them stave off relegation in his first season, and finish third in the league in his last season, while also finally prevailing over his former team.[5] Greenwell then joined CD Castellón, who played in the Campeonato Regional de Valencia.[5] In the 1926–27 season, the club finished as runners-up, and the following season, they repeated the same feat, but Greenwell did not see the season out as he moved mid-season to Barcelona's local rivals Español.[5] In 1928, he led them into the inaugural La Liga, but the club only managed to finish seventh. However, Español made up for their disappointing league form by winning both the Campionat de Catalunya and their first ever Copa del Rey in 1929.[5] With a team that included Zamora and Ricardo Saprissa, Greenwell guided Español through the early rounds, beating Sporting de Gijón and Arenas Club de Getxo. In the quarter-finals, they beat Athletic Madrid 9–3 on aggregate, before beating eventual La Liga champions Barcelona 3–1 in the semi-finals and Real Madrid 2–1 in the final. Greenwell remained in charge of Español for one more season, but failed to win another trophy.[5] He then spent a season with Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII, where the club retained the Baleares Championship.[5]
Greenwell returned to Barcelona for two further seasons in 1931, and guided the club to a fifth Campionat de Catalunya in 1931–32.
In South America
Greenwell, along with his English wife Doris (
In 1940, Greenwell moved to the Colombian port city of Barranquilla, and worked with the Colombia national team in their build-up to the 1942 Central American and Caribbean Games. However, the city's games were postponed due to the worsening political situation during World War II, eventually being held in 1946.
In 1942, he joined Independiente Santa Fe, with whom he reached the finals of the Torneo de Cundinamarca (at the time there was no First Division in Colombia), which the team lost against América de Cali. Later that year, he died there of a heart attack whilst driving home from a training session.[1][6] He was survived by his wife and their daughter, Carmen.[1]
Honours
As player
Crook Town
- Crook and District League: 1902[7]
West Auckland
- Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy: 1909
Barcelona
- Campionat de Catalunya: 1912–13, 1915–16
As manager
Barcelona
- Copa del Rey: 1920, 1922
- Campionat de Catalunya: 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1931–32
RCD Español
- Copa del Rey: 1928–29
- Campionat de Catalunya: 1928–29
Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII
- Baleares Championship: 1930–31
Valencia CF
- Campeonato de Valencia: 1933–34
Universitario
Peru
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Johnson, Lee; Leatherdale, Duncan (7 May 2016). "Jack Greenwell: From Durham miner to Barcelona FC coach". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Vila, Hervé (25 April 2020). "Barça managers: Did you know?". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Entrenadores". Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ The First World Cup (1909 &1911) Archived 9 July 2001 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 31 July 2012)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lawrence, Jeff (12 May 2015). "JACK GREENWELL: THE FORGOTTEN ENGLISH COACH WHO MANAGED BARCELONA, COLOMBIA AND PERU". These Football Times. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ A Forgotten Football Story in Bogota: The Jack Greenwell Legacy (Retrieved 31 July 2012)
- ^ The John Richard "Jack" Greenwell story(Retrieved 31 July 2012)
External links
- Greenwell at www.crooktownafc.co.uk
- Jack Greenwell (history as Barça's first official coach)
- Greenwell at Valencia CF
- La Liga stats
- Greenwell at Universitario de Deportes
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