Jack Hacking
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Hacking[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 December 1897||
Place of birth | Blackburn, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 31 May 1955[1] | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Accrington, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Grimshaw Park Co-operative | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1925 | Blackpool | 32 | (0) |
1925–1926 | Fleetwood | ||
1926–1934 | Oldham Athletic | 223 | (0) |
1934–1935 | Manchester United | 32 | (0) |
1935 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | (0) |
International career | |||
1928–1929 | England | 3 | (0) |
The Football League XI | 2 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
1935–1936 | Accrington Stanley | ||
1949–1955 | Barrow | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Hacking (22 December 1897 – 31 May 1955) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Blackburn, he played for Blackpool, Fleetwood Town, Oldham Athletic, Manchester United and Accrington Stanley.
Domestic career
Blackpool
Hacking made his debut for Bill Norman's Blackpool on 24 September 1921, in a 2–0 defeat at Hull City. He was the third goalkeeper Blackpool had used in their first seven league games. He remained in goal for the following five games, all of which Blackpool lost.[2]
With Harry Mingay being Blackpool's first-choice goalkeeper, Hacking didn't start again for the Seasiders until 6 February 1924, under a new manager, Frank Buckley, in a single-goal victory over Manchester United at Bloomfield Road. He went on to appear in the remaining fifteen games of their league campaign, helping them to a fourth-placed finish in Division Two.[3]
Hacking started the first three league games of the
Oldham Athletic
After a season at non-league
Manchester United
When Hacking joined
Ten years later, Hacking made an unusual last appearance for United, when his son, Jack junior, who was also a goalkeeper, was appearing as a wartime guest player in the 1945–46 season; Jack junior was unfit to play in one game, so at the age of 47, Hacking deputised and became the oldest player to appear in a league match that season.[6]
Accrington Stanley
After leaving Manchester United at the end of the 1934–35 season, Hacking took over as player-manager at Third Division Accrington Stanley, but his playing days only lasted until the end of the year. In appreciation for his long service at Oldham Athletic, he chose to play his final league game for Accrington against Oldham at Boundary Park.[5]
He held the role of manager until the end of the season, but went back into management as secretary-manager of
International career
Hacking's three appearances for England came during the 1928–29 season against Northern Ireland on 22 October 1928 (won 2–1), Wales on 17 November 1928 (won 3–2) and Scotland on 13 April 1929 (lost 1–0). As a result, England finished runners-up in the 1928–29 British Home Championship.
References
- General
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport.
- Dykes, Garth (1988). Oldham Athletic Complete Record 1898–1988. Breedon Books.
- Dykes, Garth (1994). The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. Leicester: ACL & Polar Publishing (UK). ISBN 0-9514862-6-8.
- Dykes, Garth (2006). Legends of Oldham Athletic. Breedon Books.
- Specific