Joe Jones (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joeseph Thomas Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1887[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rhosymedre, Wales[1] | ||
| Date of death | 23 July 1941 (aged 54)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Half-back/Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Cefn Albion | ||
| – | Wrexham | ||
| – | Treharris | ||
| 1911–1920 | Stoke | 123 | (12) |
| 1920–1921 | Crystal Palace | 61 | (6) |
| 1922–1923 | Coventry City | 50 | (1) |
| 1924 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | (1) |
| 1925 | Wellington St George's | ||
| Total | 249 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| 1920–1923 | Wales | 15 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Joeseph Thomas "Joe" Jones (9 January 1887 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Crystal Palace, Coventry City and Crewe Alexandra. He also made 15 appearances for the Wales national team.[1]
Career
Jones, who was born in Rhosymedre, Wales, was one of a select band of footballers who appeared for a club before, during and after the First World War.[1] Jones spent ten years with Stoke making almost 130 senior appearances and 133 during the war. Described as a solid uncompromising, yet bustling-type of a defender with a fantastic heading ability who had a great enthusiasm for the game.[1] He became captain for both club and country, and helped Stoke to re-gain their Football League status in 1914–15 and also finish runners-up of the Lancashire Football section in 1917–18 and 1918–19 before leaving to join Crystal Palace.[1] At Palace he helped the club become champions of the Third Division, in its inaugural season in 1920–21, making 25 appearances and scoring four goals.[2] After a further 36 appearances ( two goals) the next season,[2] he moved on to Coventry City in July 1922[3] and subsequently to Crewe Alexandra.[1]
After heading a ball Jones lost his sight in one eye causing him to retire.[1] He later ran a snooker hall and a bookshop for the blind before his death in 1941.[1]
Career statistics
- Sourced from Joe Jones profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke[1] | 1911–12 | Southern Division One | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 1912–13 | Southern Division One | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 1913–14 | Southern Division Two | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
| 1914–15 | Southern Division Two | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 1919–20 | Second Division | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| Total | 123 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 12 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 1920–21 | Third Division South | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 1921–22 | Second Division | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| Total | 61 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 6 | ||
| Coventry City | 1922–23 | Second Division | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 1923–24 | Second Division | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Crewe Alexandra | 1923–24 | Third Division North | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Career Total | 249 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 264 | 20 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 78. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 330. ISBN 0907969542.