Jack Jull

Jack C. Jull (died 1920) was an English amateur footballer. He was one of the founding members of Hotspur Football Club later to become Tottenham Hotspur and one of those most influential in the club's development during the 1880s and 1890s.

Career

According to the club's website, Jull "was regarded as one of its finest players of the late Victorian era".

. It is also recorded that in his earlier days with the club, and in particular during 1882 he was still at the time attending boarding school so was not always available for fixtures.

Despite his early absences, Jack's career was one of 'firsts'. He made his first appearance against Brownlow Rovers on 6 October 1883, which Spurs won 9–0, and was the first game of the club to be reported in a local newspaper, The Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald.

He was made Club President in 1895 and continued playing until 1897 by which time he had made 159 appearances for Tottenham (scoring 24 goals). As a measure of the esteem he was held in Jack, on his retirement as club captain in 1896 he was made an honorary life member of the club which he held until his death in 1920.

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