Jack Proctor
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Other uses|John Proctor (disambiguation){{!}}John Proctor}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jack Proctor
| image =
| birth_place = Stoke-upon-Trent, England
| death_date = 8 November 1893 (aged 22)
| position = Centre-half
| years1 = 1890 | clubs1 = Dresden United | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1891–1893| clubs2 = Stoke | caps2 = 52 | goals2 = 1
}}
John Proctor (1871 – 8 November 1893) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Proctor was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Dresden United before joining Stoke in 1891. He looked to be establishing himself as a potential great full back and played in every match during the 1892–93 season helping Stoke to claim their highest position to that point of 7th. However, after playing 10 matches in the following campaign Proctor fell ill with pneumonia and died at the age of 22. He was a married man, and not long before his death had taken on the tenancy of a pub, the Crown Inn at Fenton.{{cite news |title=Death of a Stoke football player |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |date=9 November 1893 |page=7}}
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Category:People from Dresden, Staffordshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Dresden United F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Date of birth missing