Jack Nock
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
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| birth_date = 1899
| birth_place = Stourbridge, England
| position = Forward
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| clubs1 = Stourbridge
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| years2 = 1915–1919
| clubs2 = Millwall
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1919
| clubs3 = Leicester Fosse
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1919–1920
| clubs4 = Merthyr Town
| caps4 = 26
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 1920–1922
| clubs5 = Nuneaton Town
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| years6 = 1922
| clubs6 = Tamworth Castle
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| years7 = 1922
| clubs7 = Cradley Heath
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| years8 = 1922–1924
| clubs8 = Cardiff City
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1924–1926
| clubs9 = Wrexham
| caps9 = 65
| goals9 = 22
| years10 = 1926
| clubs10 = Burton United
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| years11 = 1926–1927
| clubs11 = Worcester City
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| years12 = 1927–1928
| clubs12 = Flint Town United
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| years13 = 1928–1929
| clubs13 = Oswestry Town
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Jack Nock (1899 – after 1929) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in the Football League for Cardiff City and Wrexham and had an extensive career in wartime and non-league football.
Career
After playing for non-league club Stourbridge, Nock signed for Millwall in October 1915. He remained with the club until 1919, making over 50 appearances in wartime competitions, before joining Leicester Fosse. As well as appearing in regional league matches for Fosse, he scored the last goal for the side before they became known as Leicester City during a 1–1 draw with a British Expeditionary Force XI. However, he was not offered a contract by the club when the Football League resumed after the hostilities. He joined Southern Football League side Merthyr Town, scoring 9 times in 26 appearances during the 1919–20 season.{{cite book |title=Merthyr Town A.F.C. 1908–1934 – A History |author=Philip Sweet |publisher=T.T.C. Books |year=2007 |isbn=9780953937639}}
He joined Nuneaton Town in 1920, where he was a regular in the first team for over a year.{{cite web |url=http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/assets/approved_nuneaton-town-1919-1937_part1.pdf |title=Nuneaton Town F.C. 1919–1937 Part 1 |publisher=Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative |accessdate=17 November 2018 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160259/http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/assets/approved_nuneaton-town-1919-1937_part1.pdf |url-status=dead }} He had brief spells with Tamworth Castle and Cradley Heath in 1922 before returning to the Football League with Cardiff City.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=142 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}} He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield United the following month but made just two further appearances in the following 18 months. In 1924, he joined Wrexham along with Cardiff teammate Jimmy Jones. He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw with Walsall before scoring his first goals with a brace during a 3–1 victory over Durham City in their following home match.
He left Wrexham in 1926, later playing for Burton United, Worcester City, Flint Town United and Oswestry Town.
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Category:Year of death missing
Category:English men's footballers
Category:People from Warley, West Midlands
Category:Sportspeople from Sandwell
Category:Stourbridge F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Leicester City F.C. players
Category:Merthyr Town F.C. players
Category:Nuneaton Town F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:Cradley Heath F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:Burton United F.C. players
Category:Worcester City F.C. players
Category:Flint Town United F.C. players
Category:Oswestry Town F.C. players