Wilson Jones (footballer)

Charles Wilson Jones (29 April 1914 – 9 January 1986) was a Welsh international footballer who played as a centre forward for Wrexham, Birmingham (renamed Birmingham City in 1943) and Nottingham Forest in the Football League.[1][2]

For other people with the same name, see Wilson Jones (disambiguation).

Wilson Jones
Jones (r.) in a game against Swedish club AIK Fotboll in 1946
Personal information
Full name Charles Wilson Jones
Date of birth (1914-04-29)29 April 1914[1]
Place of birth Pentre Broughton,[1] Wales
Date of death 9 January 1986(1986-01-09) (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Birmingham,[1] England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
1930–1932 Brymbo Green
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1934 Wrexham 6 (3)
1934–1947 Birmingham 135 (63)
1947–1948 Nottingham Forest 7 (5)
1948–1949 Kidderminster Harriers
National team
1935–1939 Wales 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was Birmingham's top scorer on three occasions in the First Division in the 1930s.[3] He won two caps for Wales,[4] the first on 27 March 1935 against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, when he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win,[5] and the second on 20 May 1939, a 2–1 defeat against France in Paris.[6]

He was landlord of the White Hart public house in Aston, Birmingham, for 19 years until it was demolished in 1968 prior to the construction of the Aston Expressway.[7]

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

Specific

  1. "Charlie Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "Charlie Jones". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. Matthews (1995), pp. 177–180.
  4. Matthews (1995), pp. 101–102.
  5. "1930–1939". Welsh Football Online. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  6. "France 2–1 Wales 20 May 1939". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. Wakeling, Vic (21 September 1968). "Jones waits and wonders". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 7.


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