Jack Forrest (footballer, born 1892)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Henry Forrest[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Shildon, England | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sunderland West End | |||
–1913 | Houghton Rovers | ||
1913–1920 | Clapton Orient | 126 | (10) |
1922–1923 | Northampton Town | 2 | (0) |
Spennymoor United | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
James Henry Forrest was an English professional footballer who made over 120 appearances as a right half in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1] He also played league football for Northampton Town.[1][2]
Personal life[]
Forrest served as a gunner in the British Army during the First World War.[3]
Honours[]
Sunderland West End
- Monkwearmouth Charity Cup[3]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Clapton Orient | 1914–15[4] | Second Division | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
Career total | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
References[]
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ "Forrest James "Jack" Clapton Orient 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Our her-O'S: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
Categories:
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1892 births
- People from Shildon
- Association football wing halves
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Spennymoor United F.C. players