John Jackson (footballer, born 1906)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Jackson

| fullname = John Jackson{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2012 |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=Third edition, with revisions |location=Toton, Nottingham |page=151 |oclc=841581272}}

| birth_date = 29 November 1906

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|6|12|1906|11|29|df=y}}{{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Bob |title=The Spurs Alphabet |date=16 August 2017 |isbn=978-0-9540434-2-1 |pages=225–226 |publisher=Lulu.com |language=en}}

| death_place = Nova Scotia, Canada

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1926

| clubs1 = Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1926–1933

| clubs2 = Partick Thistle

| caps2 = 264

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1933–1939

| clubs3 = Chelsea

| caps3 = 49

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1939–1940

| clubs4 = Guildford City

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1929–1932

| nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1931–1935

| nationalteam2 = Scotland

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| height = 5ft 9in

}}

John Jackson (29 November 1906 – 12 June 1965) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper; he made over 300 appearances in the Scottish League playing for Partick Thistle and the English Football League for Chelsea. in 1930s

Career

At Partick, Jackson missed only two league games in his seven seasons at Firhill between 1926 and 1933, making a total of 334 appearances for the club in all competitions.[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Players+J Players J], Partick Thistle History Archive He played for the Jags in the 1930 Scottish Cup Final which they lost to Rangers after a replay,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O_49AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3094%2C2730488 The Cup Final {{!}} Rangers Win Replay at Hampden], The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1930 but did manage to claim winner's medals in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1927[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/v+Rangers+GCC+Final+1927 Rout of the Rangers in the Charity Cup Final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503224146/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/v+Rangers+GCC+Final+1927 |date=3 May 2015 }}, The Sunday Post, 15 May 1927, via Partick Thistle History Archive and the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup in 1928, both against the same opponents.[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1928-29+-+Glasgow+Dental+Cup Football {{!}} Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0 {{!}} Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup–Final Tie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503230729/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1928-29+-+Glasgow+Dental+Cup |date=3 May 2015 }}, The Glasgow Herald, 11 December 1928, via Partick Thistle History Archive

Jackson was capped by Scotland at international level on eight occasions (four while with Partick, four with Chelsea) and represented the Scottish League XI four times.{{SFA player|id=113455}}{{Cite web |title=John Jackson – Scotland Football League Record from 09 Oct 1929 to 09 Nov 1932 clubs – Partick Thistle |url=https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/johnjackson.html |website=www.londonhearts.com |access-date=29 May 2020}}

Personal life

After retiring from football, Jackson emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada and became a professional golfer.

Honours

Brentford

London War Cup: 1941–42{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |date=1998 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page=84}}

Career statistics

Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
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" \|National Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
rowspan="8" \|Partick Thistle \|1926–27{{Cite book \|last=Litster \|first=John \|title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players \|publisher=PM Publications \|location=Norwich}} \| rowspan="7" \|Scottish Division One \|36 \|0 \|5 \|0 \|41 \|0
1927–28 \|38 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|42 \|0
1928–29 \|38 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|42 \|0
1929–30 \|38 \|0 \|7 \|0 \|45 \|0
1930–31 \|38 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|41 \|0
1931–32 \|38 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|42 \|0
1932–33 \|38 \|0 \|5 \|0 \|43 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !264 !0 !30 !0 !294 !0
rowspan="7" \|Chelsea \|1933–34{{Cite web \|title=John Jackson \|url=http://www.11v11.com/players/john-jackson-45906/ \|website=www.11v11.com \|publisher=AFS Enterprises \|access-date=10 September 2012}} \| rowspan="6" \|First Division \|6 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|6 \|0
1934–35 \|27 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|29 \|0
1935–36 \|10 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|0
1936–37 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1937–38 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0
1938–39 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|3 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !49 !0 !2 !0 !51 !0
colspan="3" \|Career total !313 !0 !32 !0 !345 !0