James Jones (footballer, born 1873)
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Full name | James Henry Jones | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 November 1873||||||||||||
Place of birth | Camberwell, London, England | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 December 1955[1] | (aged 82)||||||||||||
Place of death | Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
Upton Park | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1900 | Great Britain | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
James Henry Jones (18 November 1873 – 27 December 1955) was a British footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, playing in one match as a goalkeeper, and winning a gold medal.[2]
He was the secretary of Upton Park F.C., a London-based amateur football team. The team were invited to participate in the 1900 Summer Olympics by the Amateur Status Committee of the Football Association. Upton Park won the tournament with a 4–0 victory over the French representative USFSA.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b James Jones at Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Menary, Steve (31 October 2010). GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1905411924.
Categories:
- 1873 births
- 1955 deaths
- Footballers from Camberwell
- English footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic footballers of Great Britain
- Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Upton Park F.C. players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- English football goalkeeper stubs
- British Olympic medallist stubs