Rollo Jack

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rollo Jack

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Robert Rollo Jack

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bolton, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1994|1902}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite news |title=Ready for action: few changes in the First Division of the League. Bolton Wanderers |author=Harricus |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=25 August 1924 |page=5}}

| position = Inside right

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Argyle Juniors

| years1 = 1922–1923

| years2 = 1923–1929

| years3 = 1929–1932?

| years4 = 1932?–1934?

| years5 = 1934–1935

| clubs1 = Plymouth Argyle

| clubs2 = Bolton Wanderers

| clubs3 = Clapton Orient

| clubs4 = Yeovil and Petters United

| clubs5 = Swindon Town

| caps1 = 15

| caps2 = 29

| caps3 = 79

| caps4 = ?

| caps5 = 20

| goals1 = 4

| goals2 = 9

| goals3 = 22

| goals5 = 2

| totalcaps = 143

| totalgoals = 37

}}

Robert Rollo Jack (4 April 1902 – 1994) was an English footballer who played primarily as an inside right in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s.{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }}

He was the brother of David, the England international footballer, whilst his father Bob was also a professional footballer and manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerhistory.org.uk/David%20Jack.htm|title=David Jack|work=The Players|publisher=soccerhistory.org|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227082503/http://www.soccerhistory.org.uk/David%20Jack.htm|archive-date=27 December 2012}}

Rollo started as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, making his debut on 23 December 1922 against Watford,[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=424&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Greens on Screen profile (including photo)] before moving north to join Bolton Wanderers for £1500, where his brother was playing. He made his debut for Bolton on 22 December 1923 against Notts County.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,1004~535176,00.html |title=Bolton Official Site History - 1920-39 |access-date=2010-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429073532/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,1004~535176,00.html |archive-date=2010-04-29 |url-status=dead }} However, in six seasons with Bolton he only made 29 League appearances. He then moved to Clapton Orient in September 1929 for £1000 and he played regularly for them over the next three seasons. Rollo then moved into non-league football with Yeovil and Petters United of the Southern Football League, before a transfer back to the Football League with Swindon Town for the 1934–35 season, and he made 20 league appearances for Swindon, scoring on two occasions.{{cite web|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=JACKROLL|title=Rollo Jack player profile|work=Swindon Town|publisher=www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk|access-date=20 February 2010}}