Islwyn Jones
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Islwyn Jones
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| fullname = Islwyn Jones{{Hugman|10434|accessdate=1 April 2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
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| position = Wing half
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| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1952–1955
| clubs1 = Cardiff City
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 0
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Islwyn Jones (born 8 April 1935) is a Welsh former professional footballer. He made 26 appearances in the Football League for Cardiff City.
Career
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Jones worked in Merthyr Vale Colliery as a teenager while playing football for Troedyrhiw Boy's Club.{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/former-city-footballer-recalls-playing-1859212 |title=Former City footballer recalls playing against legend Nat |publisher=WalesOnline |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=1 April 2018}} He began his career with Cardiff City in 1952. He spent two years in the club's reserve side before making his professional debut on 13 September 1954 in a 3–1 victory over Sheffield United in place of the injured Billy Baker.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=102 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}} He made 23 appearances in all competitions during his first season but fell out of favour the following year, losing his place to Colin Baker.{{Cite book | title=The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. | first=Richard | last=Shepherd | publisher=SoccerData Publications | year=2002 | pages=54–55 | location=Nottingham | isbn=1-899-46817-X}} He left the club at the end of the season, moving into non-league football before retiring due to a knee injury. He later worked in a Hoover factory in Pentrebach for over 30 years.
Career statistics
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=2|Cardiff City
|20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 1955–56
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Total
!26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |