Jack Hogg

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Jack Hogg
Personal information
Full name John Hogg
Date of birth (1881-05-27)27 May 1881
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Date of death 2 August 1944(1944-08-02) (aged 63)
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s)
Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1901 Sunderland 0 (0)
1901–1903 Morpeth Harriers
1903–1905 Sheffield United 3 (0)
1905–1907 Southampton 43 (1)
1907–1909 West Stanley
1909–???? Hartlepools United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Hogg (27 May 1881 – 2 August 1944) was an English

half-back
for various clubs in the 1900s.

Football career

Hogg was born in Sunderland and joined his elder brother Billy as a trainee at Sunderland in 1900. Hogg failed to make the grade at Roker Park and moved to Morpeth Harriers of the Northern Alliance for two seasons.

In May 1903, Hogg joined

south coast to join Southern League Southampton
in the summer of 1905.

He made his debut for the "Saints" on 7 October 1905, in a 2–1 victory at home to

the 1905–06 season, he became a regular in defence alongside England internationals Bert Lee and Kelly Houlker. In his first season at The Dell, Hogg made 24 league and 5 FA Cup appearances, scoring once, as Southampton finished as runners-up in the League.[2]

Hogg was the regular right-half for the start of

John Robertson
taking over from him.

At the end of the season, Hogg was released and returned to his native north east where he joined West Stanley, playing in the North Eastern League.

Family

His brother,

the Football League championship with Sunderland in 1901–02, before moving to Scotland where he won the Scottish League title three times with Rangers. He also made three appearances for England
in 1902.

References

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  3. ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 40–41.