Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick John Lewis [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 March 1948||
Place of birth | Long Eaton, [1] Derbyshire, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Long Eaton United | ||
1967–1970 | Lincoln City | 62 | (9) |
1970–1977 | Grimsby Town | 258 | (74) |
1977–1978 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | (6) |
1978–1980 | Doncaster Rovers | 64 | (10) |
1980–1981 | Scarborough | 13 | (5) |
International career | |||
1976 | Wales U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick John "Jack" Lewis (born 22 March 1948) is a former footballer who scored 99 goals from 412 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers and Doncaster Rovers. He also played non-league football for Long Eaton United and Scarborough. [3] [4]
Lewis was selected in the Wales squad for their UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying match against Austria in November 1975, but did not play. [5] [6] He appeared as an over-age player for the Wales under-23 team in a 3–2 defeat to Scotland under-23s in February 1976. [7]
Smith has resisted the temptation of giving a first cap to Grimsby's Jack Lewis, who is named among the five substitutes. Lewis was in line to replace John Toshack, ruled out of the tie by a UEFA suspension after collecting two bookings in the tournament. Instead, Smith has included four midfield men...