:Bryn Jones (footballer, born 1912)
{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1912–1985)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bryn Jones
| image =
| full_name = Brynmor Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|2|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|10|18|1912|2|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Wood Green, London, England
| height =
| position = Inside forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Merthyr Amateurs
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Plymouth United
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs3 = Glenavon
| youthyears4 =
| youthclubs4 = Aberaman Athletic
| years1 = 1933–1938
| clubs1 = Wolverhampton Wanderers
| caps1 = 163
| goals1 = 52
| years2 = 1938–1949
| clubs2 = Arsenal
| caps2 = 71
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 1949–1951
| clubs3 = Norwich City
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 1
| totalcaps = 257
| totalgoals = 60
| nationalyears1 = 1935–1948
| nationalteam1 = Wales
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 5
}}
Brynmor Jones (14 February 1912{{NeilBrownPlayers|player1/brynjones}} – 18 October 1985) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Club career
=Early life and Wolves=
Born in Penyard near Merthyr Tydfil, Jones played for a variety of clubs as a youth, including Merthyr Amateurs, Glenavon and Aberaman Athletic,{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }} before signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1933 for a fee of £1,500.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Wolves Who's Who|year=2001|publisher=Britespot|isbn=1-904103-01-4}} In five years for Wolves he played 163 league matches.
=Arsenal=
Jones's exploits for Wolves earned the attention of George Allison's Arsenal, who were looking for a replacement for Alex James'.{{cite web|title=Player profile: Bryn Jones|url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/bryn-jones|work=Arsenal player database|publisher=Arsenal F.C.|accessdate=13 June 2011}} Arsenal paid a then British record fee of £14,000 to take him to Highbury in August 1938.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UTC2_xPg5N0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/UTC2_xPg5N0 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Bryn Jones joins Arsenal (1938)|date=13 April 2014 |publisher=British Pathe|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Jones got off to a dream start for Arsenal, scoring on his debut against Portsmouth and then netting two more goals in the next three matches.
Jones served with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and was aged 34 when competitive football resumed. He made seven league appearances for Arsenal in 1947–48, in which Arsenal won the First Division Championship, but he did not play enough games to qualify for a medal.
Jones played and scored in Arsenal's triumphant 1948 Charity Shield match against Manchester United. With this being said he was still only a bit-part player in the 1948–49 season. Jones in all played 76 matches for Arsenal, scoring 8 goals altogether. He went on to leave Arsenal to become a player-coach at Norwich City in 1949.
International career
Personal life
Jones was part of a famous footballing family; he was one of five brothers to play professional football, along with Shoni, Ivor, Emlyn and Bert.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trevor.jones4.btinternet.co.uk/JonesBoys.htm|title=The Jones Boys|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120914011408/http://www.trevor.jones4.btinternet.co.uk/JonesBoys.htm|archivedate=14 September 2012|url-status=dead}}
In addition his nephews, Cliff, Bryn and Ken were also professional footballers. After a spell coaching at Norwich City from 1949 to 1951 he retired soon afterwards. Jones then ran a newsagents near Arsenal's Highbury ground. He died in October 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARESNALjonesB.htm|title=Bryn Jones|publisher=Spartacus Educational|accessdate=4 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520030206/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARESNALjonesB.htm|archive-date=20 May 2012|url-status=dead}}
Honours
Arsenal
- FA Charity Shield: 1938, 1948{{cite news |url=https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1938-39CharityShield.htm |title=1938/39 F.A. Charity Shield |website=footballsite.co.uk |access-date=2 February 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1948-49CharityShield.htm |title=1948/49 Charity Shield |website=footballsite.co.uk |access-date=2 February 2022}}
References
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Category:Footballers from Merthyr Tydfil
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Wales men's amateur international footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Aberdare Town F.C. players
Category:Glenavon F.C. players
Category:Plymouth United F.C. players
Category:British Army personnel of World War II
Category:Royal Artillery soldiers
Category:Military personnel from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough