Gary Jones (footballer, born 1951)

Gary Jones

Personal information
Full name	Gary Kenneth Jones
Date of birth	5 January 1951
Place of birth	Prescot, England
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
1966–1968	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1976	Everton	82	(12)
1976–1978	Birmingham City	35	(1)
1978–1979	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	8	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gary Kenneth Jones (born 5 January 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a winger.

Born in Prescot, which was then in Lancashire, Jones joined Everton from school, and remained with the club for ten years, but played relatively infrequently; only in his last two seasons did he play more than 13 games a season for the first team.^[1] He joined Birmingham City in 1976, spending two seasons with the club before finishing his playing career with Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.^[2][3]

Following his retirement he bought a local public house, The Albert in Lark Lane, Liverpool.^[4]

References

1. "Gary Jones". Football-Heroes.net. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
3. "Ft. Lauderdale/Minnesota Strikers". North American Soccer League Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
4. Van Den Hauwe, Pat (2012). Psycho Pat. London: John Blake. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-84358-754-5.