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For the St Kilda and South Melbourne footballer, see Jack Shelton. For the other “Jack Shelton”, St Kilda footballer, see John F. Shelton. For the Australian cricketer, see Jack Shelton (cricketer).

Jack Shelton
John Shelton, in a Port Vale team photo with a Senior Cup trophy.
Personal information
Full name John Shelton
Date of birth 1884[1]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England[1]
Date of death September 1918 (aged 33–34)[2]
Place of death Hindenburg Line, Europe
Position(s) Right-half / inside-forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1911 Wolverhampton Wanderers 83 (16)
1911–1918 Port Vale 139 (7)
Total 222 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Shelton (1884 – September 1918) was an English footballer who played as a right-half and inside-forward. He was the elder brother of George Shelton. He played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1908 FA Cup Final, and later won minor cup competitions with Port Vale.

Playing career

Shelton was born in Wolverhampton in 1884 and played local football for a side in Compton, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1907.[3] The 1907–08 season was highly successful for Shelton, he scored a hat-trick against Grimsby Town in December,[4] and scored against Bradford City in the FA Cup Third Round to earn Wolves a replay.[5] The club went on to reach the 1908 FA Cup Final at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, and Shelton played in the 3–1 victory over Newcastle United.[1] In total of scored 17 goals for the club in 94 appearances.[3]

He joined Port Vale in August 1911, a club that had resigned from the Football League in 1907.[2] He was an ever-present in his debut season and was a member of the sides that won the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912, the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913, reached the FA Cup first round in 1914 and won the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1915.[2] He guested for rivals Stoke during the war, and made 26 appearances in 1915–16. He returned to Vale to become an ever-present in the 1916–17 season.[2] He was conscripted into the 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment in the summer of 1917 and died in battle in September 1918.[2][6]

Personal life

Shelton married Sarah Nicholls in 1911, and the couple had two children: John (1912) and Sarah (1914).[6] After Shelton's death, his wife went on to marry Jack Needham, his former teammate.[6]

Statistics

Source:[7]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1907–08 Second Division 24 9 7 1 31 10
1908–09 Second Division 33 4 2 0 35 4
1909–10 Second Division 26 3 2 0 28 3
Total 83 16 11 1 94 17
Port Vale 1911–12 Central League 32 1 0 0 32 1
1912–13 Central League 34 2 4 0 38 2
1913–14 Central League 36 1 9 1 45 2
1914–15 Central League 37 3 3 0 40 3
Total 139 7 16 1 155 8
Total 222 23 27 2 249 25

Honours

with Wolverhampton Wanderers
with Port Vale

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wolves' Edwardian FA cup winner". blackcountrybugle.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 263. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. ^ a b "a to z". scribd.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. ^ "The hat-tricks". wolves-stats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  5. ^ "On This Day: January 9–15". wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "John Shelton". Wolverhampton's War. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. ^ Jack Shelton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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