Joe Jones (footballer)
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Jones
| image =
| fullname = Joseph Thomas Jones
| birth_place = Rhosymedre, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|7|23|1887|1|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Coventry City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}
| position = Half-back/Defender
| years1 = | clubs1 = Cefn Albion | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = – | clubs2 = Wrexham | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = – | clubs3 = Treharris | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1911–1920 | clubs4 = Stoke | caps4 = 123 | goals4 = 12
| years5 = 1920–1921 | clubs5 = Crystal Palace | caps5 = 61 | goals5 = 6
| years6 = 1922–1923 | clubs6 = Coventry City | caps6 = 50 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 1924 | clubs7 = Crewe Alexandra | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 1925 | clubs8 = Wellington St George's | caps8 = | goals8 =
| totalcaps = 249 | totalgoals = 20
| nationalyears1 = 1920–1923 |nationalteam1 = Wales |nationalcaps1 = 15 |nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Joseph Thomas Jones (9 January 1887 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Crystal Palace, Coventry City and Crewe Alexandra. He also made 15 appearances for the Wales national team.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Jones, who was born in Rhosymedre, Wales, was one of a select band of footballers who appeared for a club before, during and after the First World War. Jones spent ten years with Stoke making almost 130 senior appearances and 133 during the war. Described as a solid uncompromising, yet bustling-type of a defender with a fantastic heading ability who had a great enthusiasm for the game. He became captain for both club and country, and helped Stoke to re-gain their English Football League status in 1914–15 and also finish runners-up of the Lancashire Football section in 1917–18 and 1918–19 before leaving to join Crystal Palace. At Palace he helped the club become champions of the Third Division, in its inaugural season in 1920–21, making 25 appearances and scoring four goals.{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=78|date=1989|ISBN=0907969542}} After a further 36 appearances ( two goals) the next season, he moved on to Coventry City in July 1922{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=330|date=1989|ISBN=0907969542}} and subsequently to Crewe Alexandra.
After heading a ball Jones lost his sight in one eye causing him to retire. He later ran a snooker hall and a bookshop for the blind before his death in 1941.
Career statistics
=Club=
Source:{{ENFA}}
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rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
rowspan="6"|Stoke
|31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
1912–13
|Southern League Division One |30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
1913–14
|Southern League Division Two |23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
1914–15
|Southern League Division Two |24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
1919–20
|15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
colspan="2"|Total
!123 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 12 | |
rowspan="3"|Crystal Palace
|25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
1921–22
|Second Division |36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
colspan="2"|Total
!61 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 6 | |
rowspan="3"|Coventry City
|Second Division |36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
1923–24
|Second Division |14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | |
Crewe Alexandra
|15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
colspan="3"|Career Total
!249 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 264 | 20 |
=International=
Source:{{NFT player |id=49192 |name=Jones, Joe}}
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National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
rowspan=6|Wales
|1912 | 3 | 0 | |
1913 | 2 | 0 | |
1914 | 2 | 0 | |
1920 | 3 | 0 | |
1921 | 2 | 0 | |
1922 | 3 | 0 | |
colspan=2|Total | 15 | 0 |
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players
Category:Coventry City F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players