Jack Short
| Jack Short | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | John Short | |
| birthday | February 18, 1928 | |
| place of birth | Great Houghton , England | |
| date of death | October 10, 1976 | |
| Place of death | Barnsley , England | |
| position | defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Wath Wanderers | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1948-1954 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 98 (0) |
| 1954-1956 | Stoke City | 55 (2) |
| 1956-1960 | Barnsley FC | 109 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
John "Jack" Short (born February 18, 1928 in Great Houghton , † October 10, 1976 in Barnsley ) was an English football player . The defender won the English championship with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1954 and then moved directly to the second division at Stoke City and a good two years later to Barnsley FC .
Athletic career
Born in Barnsley County , Short worked like his father as a miner for a few years after graduating before he made the jump from amateur club Wath Wanderers to professional club Wolverhampton Wanderers . In December 1950 the sporting breakthrough followed with the "Wolves" supervised by trainer Stan Cullis and from then on Short was a fixture on the right side of the defense. The first highlight was reaching the semi-finals in the FA Cup 1950/51 , which was lost in the replay against Newcastle United . In this, however, Short was not used after seven cup appearances. During the following three years Short remained a regular in the defensive lineup of Wolverhampton and the time culminated in winning the championship in the 1953/54 season. To this success he contributed 27 missions, which, however, marked the end of his time there, because in August 1954 he moved on to the second division side Stoke City . He had played a total of 107 competitive games for the Wolves. He had scored his only two goals in January 1952 in the game against Manchester City in the FA Cup , after he had been used there as a striker.
Stoke had ambitions to return to the top division as a first division relegated in 1953, but failed with the new arrival from Wolverhampton just under in the 1954/55 season in fifth place in the final table . Here, too, Short had in the meantime been able to register twice in the list of goalscorers - in the game against Swansea Town in November 1954 and again in the role of "temporary help" in the attack. Short established himself in the new environment with 33 competitive games in the 1955/56 season, but after a poor placement in the lower half of the table , Short returned to his home country in October 1956, where he henceforth acted for FC Barnsley . The "Tykes" played in the second division until they were relegated to the third division in 1959, and Short was active for this until his retirement as a professional athlete after the 1959/60 season had ended.
Short then returned to mining and became a foreman. He died relatively early at the age of 48.
successes
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Tony Matthews, Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 .
- ^ A b Tony Matthews: The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City . 1994, ISBN 978-0-9524151-0-7 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Short, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Short, John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Houghton |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1976 |
| Place of death | Barnsley |