Jack Connors (footballer, born 1927)

Jack Connors
Personal information
Full name John Joseph Aloysius Connors[1]
Date of birth (1927-08-21)21 August 1927[1]
Place of birth Stockton,[1] County Durham, England
Date of death 2006 (aged 78)[2]
Place of death Corby,[2] Northamptonshire, England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1948 Stockton
1948–1952 Darlington 65 (0)
1951–19?? Corby Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Joseph Aloysius "Jack" Connors (21 August 1927 – 2006) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for Stockton and Corby Town.[3]

Connors played football for hometown club Stockton,[4] before opening his Darlington career playing at outside left in a 3–1 defeat at home to Lincoln City in the Third Division North in February 1948.[5] He soon resumed his preferred position at left half,[6] but had to compete with Guy Wharton and Norman Parsley for the place.[7] In just over four seasons with the club, he made 65 league appearances,[1] before moving on to Midland League club Corby Town in 1952.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. 1 2 "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". John Joseph A Connors. Birth date: 21 Aug 1927. Death quarter: 1. Death year: 2006. District: Corby. District number: 6671. Register number: 24. Entry number: 300. Date of registration: 0206. County: Northamptonshire. Retrieved 25 January 2015 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Dale, D. & Livingstone, P. "Giants of the amateur game: Stockton Football Club". This is the North East Communigate. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011.
  5. ↑ N.H.B. (1 March 1948). "Two Imps hurt in Darlington 'knockabout'". Lincolnshire Echo. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ 'Three Crowns' (13 March 1948). "City's changed team in action at Darlington". Daily Mail. Hull. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Stronger Darlington visit City". Daily Mail. Hull. 13 October 1948. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). In the event of Ward being fit, it is probable that Wharton ... will revert to his normal position of left-half in the place of Connors.
    "Johnny Morris not yet a Liverpool player". Yorkshire Post. 4 March 1949. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).


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