Jack Round

Jack Round
Personal information
Full name	John Henry Round
Date of birth	20 May 1903
Place of birth	Brierley Hill, England
Date of death	31 December 1936 (aged 33)
Place of death	Carlisle, England
Height	6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Brierley Hill Alliance
	Cradley Heath
Senior career*
Years	Team
1925–1930	Bolton Wanderers
1930–1935	Port Vale
1935–1936	Carlisle United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Henry Round (20 May 1903 – 31 December 1936) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale and Carlisle United in the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

Round played for Brierley Hill Alliance, Cradley Heath and Bolton Wanderers before joining Port Vale in September 1930.^[1] He played 38 Second Division and two FA Cup games in the 1930–31 season, as Vale posted a club record high finish of fifth in the Second Division.^[1] He scored three goals in 30 league games in the 1931–32 season, before making 31 appearances in the 1932–33 campaign.^[1] However, he appeared just three times at The Old Recreation Ground in the 1933–34 season, and was released at the end of the 1934–35 season.^[1] He then moved on to Carlisle United, helping the "Cumbrians" to a 13th-place finish in the Third Division North in 1935–36, before he died on New Year's Eve in 1936.

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1925–26	First Division	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
	1926–27	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1927–28	First Division	21	1	2	1	0	0	23	2
	1928–29	First Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	1929–30	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		56	1	3	1	0	0	59	2
Port Vale	1930–31	Second Division	38	2	2	0	0	0	40	2
	1931–32	Second Division	30	3	2	0	0	0	32	3
	1932–33	Second Division	31	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
	1933–34	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	1934–35	Second Division	26	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
	Total		128	5	5	0	0	0	133	5
Carlisle United	1935–36	Third Division North	28	0	1	0	2	1	31	1
	1936–37	Third Division North	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		37	0	2	0	2	1	41	1
Career total			221	6	10	1	2	1	233	8

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 254. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Harricus (25 August 1924). "Ready for action: few changes in the First Division of the League. Bolton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
^ Jack Round at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)