Jack Carr (footballer, born 1878)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Thomas Carr | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Seaton Burn, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 March 1948 (aged 69)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left half, left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1897–1899 | Seaton Burn | ||
| 1899–1912 | Newcastle United | 279 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1905–1907 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1920 | Denmark | ||
| 1922–1926 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Thomas Carr (7 October 1878[2] – 17 March 1948[3][1]) was an English professional footballer with Newcastle United between 1899 and 1912, playing at full back, he made 279 appearances, scoring 5 goals.
Career[edit]
Carr won three League Championships and the FA Cup with Newcastle in this successful period of the club's history.
He made two appearances for England, both against Ireland, in a 1–1 draw on 25 February 1905 and in a 1–0 victory on 16 February 1907.
In 1912, he became a trainer at Newcastle United and would fill this position for the next 10 years. He eventually left the club when Blackburn Rovers made him their manager in 1922. Carr was the coach of the Danish national side at the 1920 Summer Olympics football competition in Antwerp.
Personal life[edit]
Carr served as a corporal in the Army Service Corps during the First World War.[4]
Honours[edit]
- Newcastle United
- First Division champions: 1904–05, 1906–07, 1908–09
- FA Charity Shield winner: 1909
- FA Cup winner: 1910
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jack Carr profile". England Football Online. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Jack Carr". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by Player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ "North East War Memorials Project – Regional Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
Bibliography[edit]
- Paul Joannou. A Complete Who's Who of Newcastle United.
- Paul Joannou, Tommy Canning and Patrick Canning. Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of Newcastle United.
External links[edit]
- Jack Carr management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Jack Carr at Englandstats.com
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- 1878 births
- 1948 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- England men's international footballers
- English football managers
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers
- Denmark national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Denmark
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- English Football League managers
- English cricketers
- Northumberland cricketers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Men's association football fullbacks
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Army Service Corps soldiers
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
- Footballers from Tyne and Wear
- English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- English expatriate football managers
- Cricketers from Tyne and Wear
- Military personnel from Tyne and Wear
- Olympic football managers