Bill Jaques

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Bill Jaques

|image= File:Bill Jaques.jpg

|fullname=William Jaques

|birth_date= {{birth date|1888|12|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Erith, Kent, England

|death_date= {{death date and age|1925|06|06|1888|12|08|df=y}}{{cite book |title=England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1925 |page=373 |edition=Haanen-Kyte}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite news |title=Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur |author=The Vagrant |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=21 August 1922 |page=5}}

|position=Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1909–1911 | years2 = 1911–1914 | years3 =1914–1922

| clubs1 = Northfleet United | clubs2 = Coventry City | clubs3 =Tottenham Hotspur

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 138 | goals3 =

}}

Bill Jaques also known as Jacques (8 December 1888 – 6 June 1925) was a professional footballer who played for Northfleet United (where he won the Kent Senior Cup in 1910), Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur.{{cite book |title= Football League Players' Records|last=Joyce |first= Michael |year=2004 |publisher=soccerdata |isbn= 1-899468-63-3|page= 137}}

Football career

Jaques signed for Tottenham from Coventry in 1914. The reliable goal keeper played a total of 138 matches in all competitions for the club between 1914 and 1922.[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html |date=15 April 2009 }} Retrieved 10 February 2009. He was a regular in the Second Division championship winning side of 1919–20.

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