Gordon Jones (footballer, born 1889)

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Personal information
Full name Gordon Jones [1]
Date of birth 1 February 1889
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bedlington St Andrews
Melrose
Birkenhead
1909–1911 Bolton Wanderers 22 (6)
1912 Tottenham Hotspur 7 (0)
Chester City
1913–1914 Glenavon
1914 South Liverpool
Hurst
Chester City
Crichtons Athletic
1921 Wrexham 1 (1)
Connah's Quay & Shotton United
Hurst
Flint Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Jones (born 1 February 1889; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played for Bedlington St Andrews, Melrose, Birkenhead, Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, Chester City, South Liverpool, Hurst, Crichtons Athletic, Wrexham, Connah's Quay, Flint Town United. [1] [2]

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Football career

Jones played for non–League clubs Bedlington St Andrews, Melrose and Birkenhead before joining Bolton Wanderers. In 1912 the inside right joined Tottenham Hotspur where he played a total of seven matches. [3] After leaving White Hart Lane, Jones made appearances for Chester City, South Liverpool, Hurst, Crichtons Athletic before signing for Wrexham in 1921. He went on to play for Connahs Quay and finally Flint Town.

Personal life

Jones served as a private in the British Armed Forces during the First World War. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 157. ISBN   9781905891610. OCLC   841581272.
  2. 1 2 "OUR Her-O's: Part three of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine