Joe Jones (footballer)

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Joe Jones
Personal information
Full name Joseph Thomas Jones[1]
Date of birth 9 January 1887[1]
Place of birth Rhosymedre, Wales[1]
Date of death 23 July 1941(1941-07-23) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) 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)
International career
1920–1923 Wales 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Thomas 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[edit]

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 English 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.[3] After a further 36 appearances ( two goals) the next season,[3] he moved on to Coventry City in July 1922[4] 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[edit]

Club[edit]

Source:[5]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke[1] 1911–12 Southern League Division One 31 2 1 0 32 2
1912–13 Southern League Division One 30 0 2 0 32 0
1913–14 Southern League Division Two 23 4 0 0 23 4
1914–15 Southern League 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

International[edit]

Source:[6]

National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 1912 3 0
1913 2 0
1914 2 0
1920 3 0
1921 2 0
1922 3 0
Total 15 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "The lure of promotion. Coventry City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 78. ISBN 0907969542.
  4. ^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 330. ISBN 0907969542.
  5. ^ Joe Jones at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ^ Jones, Joe at National-Football-Teams.com
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