Jack Phillips (footballer, born 1903)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jack Phillips

| image = File:Jack Phillips, Brentford FC footballer, 1927.jpg

| caption = Phillips while with Brentford in 1927.

| full_name = John Phillips

| birth_date = 28 May 1903

| birth_place = Barry, Wales

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1985|1903}}{{Cite web |title=Football League Players Index |url=http://bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/1/4/1214045/bristol_rovers_fl_players_1920-2022_-_copy.xls |access-date=19 September 2019 |website=Bristol Rovers Memorabilia}}

| death_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

| height = 5ft 10in

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1923

| youthclubs1 = Barry Brooklands

| youthyears2 = 1923

| youthclubs2 = Burton All Saints

| years1 = 1923

| clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1923

| clubs2 = Rochdale

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1924–1925

| clubs3 = Southend United

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 1

| years5 = 1925–1927

| clubs5 = Merthyr Town

| caps5 = 57

| goals5 = 31

| years6 = 1927–1928

| clubs6 = Brentford

| caps6 = 29

| goals6 = 22

| years7 = 1928–1929

| clubs7 = Bristol Rovers

| caps7 = 65

| goals7 = 36

| years8 = 1930–1931

| clubs8 = Coventry City

| caps8 = 25

| goals8 = 17

| years9 = 1931–1932

| clubs9 = Merthyr Town

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| years10 =

| clubs10 = Barry

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| totalcaps = 179

| totalgoals = 107

| years11 = {{0|0000}}–1937

| clubs11 = Troedyrhiw

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| goals11 =

}}

John Phillips (28 May 1903 – 1985) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for Bristol Rovers and Merthyr Town. He finished his league career with 107 goals in 179 appearances.

Career

Phillips began his Football League career with spells at West Bromwich Albion, Rochdale and Southend United and with all of whom he received little playing time.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=125}}{{Cite web |title=Player Profile |url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=100 |access-date=21 December 2014 |website=SUFCdb}} He returned to Wales to sign for Third Division South club Merthyr Town in 1925 and scored 31 goals in 57 league appearances during two seasons with the club. Phillips joined Third Division South club Brentford for a £650 fee in July 1927. Despite missing 19 league games, he showed prolific form, scoring 18 goals in 23 matches during the 1927–28 season. He began the 1928–29 season in similar form, scoring four goals in his six four games, before being sold on 26 September 1928. He again scored prolifically in spells with Bristol Rovers and Coventry City,{{Cite web |title=John Phillips |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/john-phillips-47294/ |access-date=5 January 2017 |website=11v11.com}} before ending his career in Wales with Merthyr Town, Barry and Troedyrhiw.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=230}}

Personal life

As of 1939, Phillips was club steward at a Labour Club in Barry, at which he also resided.{{Cite web |title=O and P |url=http://bristolroversmemorabilia.weebly.com/o-and-p.html |access-date=15 March 2023 |website=The Bristol Rovers History Group |language=en}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Southend United \|1924–25 \|Third Division South \|8 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|8 \|1
rowspan="3" \|Brentford \|1927–28{{Cite book \|title=100 Years Of Brentford \|publisher=Brentford FC \|year=1989 \|isbn=0951526200 \|editor-last=White \|editor-first=Eric \|pages=369–370}} \| rowspan="2" \|Third Division South \|23 \|18 \|0 \|0 \|23 \|18
1928–29 \|6 \|4 \| colspan="2" \|— \|6 \|4
colspan="2" \|Total !29 !22 !0 !0 !29 !22
Coventry City \|1930–31 \|Third Division South \|25 \|17 \|3 \|1 \|28 \|18
colspan="3" \|Career Total !62 !40 !3 !1 !65 !41

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Southend United

|1924–25

|Third Division South

rowspan="3" |Brentford

|1927–28{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=369–370}}

| rowspan="2" |Third Division South

|23

|18

|23

|18

1928–29

| colspan="2" |—

colspan="2" |Total

!29

!22

!29

!22