Mark Jones (soccer player, 1933)

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Mark Jones
Personnel
birthday June 15, 1933
place of birth Barnsley ,  England
date of death February 6, 1958
Place of death Munich ,  Germany
position defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1950-1958 Manchester United 103 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Mark Jones (born June 15, 1933 in Barnsley , † February 6, 1958 in Munich ) was an English football player . He was one of eight Manchester United players killed in the crash of British European Airways Flight 609 . Jones was Manchester United's head of defense for most of the 1950s, winning two English championships with the team.

In 1957 he missed the FA Cup final due to an injury while waiting for a nomination to the national team. Most of the football experts believe that this would have happened if the defender had not lost his life in the plane crash near Munich. Overall, Jones played 103 games for ManU and was able to score one goal.

The soccer player was buried near Barnsley Wombwell, the town where he was born. His wife June and then two-year-old son Gary both survived, and four months after his death, their daughter Lynne was born.

personal data
SURNAME Jones, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnsley , England
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1958
Place of death Munich , Germany