Jack Jenkins (footballer)

John Jenkins (20 March 1892 – 16 April 1946) was a Welsh international footballer who made 216 Football League appearances playing as a full back for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]

For the Leeds United player, see Jack Jenkins (English footballer).
Jack Jenkins
Personal information
Full name John Jenkins[1]
Date of birth (1892-03-20)20 March 1892[2]
Place of birth Gwersyllt,[1] Wales
Date of death 16 April 1946(1946-04-16) (aged 54)[2]
Place of death Brighton,[2] England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 Mold Town
1908–19?? Mardy
Wrexham
19??–1914 Gwersyllt
1914–1919 Pontypridd
1919–1920 Mardy
1920–1922 Pontypridd
1922–1929 Brighton & Hove Albion 216 (4)
National team
1924–1926 Wales 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Jenkins was born in Gwersyllt, Denbighshire, and began his football career with Mold Town. Over the next 15 years he played for numerous clubs in Wales, including Mardy and Pontypridd of the Southern League, and made wartime appearances for Portsmouth and Cardiff City, before joining Brighton & Hove Albion of the Football League Third Division South in 1922 at the age of 30.[2][1] He was a regular in the team for several years, and in his last season, 1927–28, he still played 22 matches. After his retirement as a player, he ran a pub in Brighton, and died in the town in 1946 aged 54.[2]

Jenkins was capped eight times for Wales. He had taken part in a trial match in 1912, but did not win his first cap until 16 February 1924 in a 2–0 defeat of Scotland.[3] Jenkins appeared in all three matches as Wales won the 1923–24 British Home Championship.[2] His eighth and last appearance was also against Scotland, on 30 October 1926,[3] and set a Brighton club record for international caps that lasted until Mark Lawrenson made his ninth appearance for the Republic of Ireland more than 50 years later.[2]

See also

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. "Jack Jenkins". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 August 2018. Note that the 28 February 1925 match attributed by this source to Jack Jenkins was actually played in by Eddie Jenkins.


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