Jack Rawlings

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Jack Rawlings

|image =

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|caption =

|fullname = John William Rawlings

|birth_date = 18 June 1923

|birth_place = England

|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|21|1923|6|18|df=y}}[http://www.hyufc.com/news/october.html Rest in Peace Jack]

|height =

|position = Inside forward

|years1 = 19??–1949

|clubs1 = Enfield

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1949–1955

|clubs2 = Hayes

|caps2 = 172

|goals2 = 44

|years3 = 1955–1958

|clubs3 = Hendon

|caps3 = 64

|goals3 = 27

|totalcaps = 236+

|totalgoals = 71+

|nationalyears1 = 1948

|nationalteam1 = Great Britain

|nationalcaps1 = 1

|nationalgoals1 = 0

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John William "Jack" Rawlings (18 June 1923 – 21 September 2016) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside forward.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25274 |title=Jack Rawlings |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 October 2021}}

Career

Rawlings played as an amateur for Enfield, Hayes and Hendon.{{cite web|url=http://www.hyufc.net/history_files/radmore-read.html|title=Radmore - Read|accessdate=26 January 2011|publisher=Hayes & Yeading United F.C. official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317161259/http://www.hyufc.net/history_files/radmore-read.html|archivedate=17 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hendonfc.net/Squad?method=view&id=1105|title=Profile|accessdate=26 January 2011|publisher=Hendon F.C. official website}} He also represented touring team Middlesex Wanderers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hyufc.com/features/a_z/hfc/radmore-read.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181623/http://www.hyufc.com/features/a_z/hfc/radmore-read.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Hayes & Yeading United FC: The Official Website}}

Rawlings also represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{FIFA player|291714}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/jack-rawlings-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/jack-rawlings-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Profile|accessdate=26 January 2011|publisher=Sports Reference}}

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