Jack Hedley (English footballer)

Jack Hedley
Personal information
Full name John Robert Hedley
Date of birth (1923-12-11)11 December 1923
Place of birth Wallsend, England
Date of death

1985 (aged 61–62)

Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
North Shields ? (?)
1947–1950 Everton 54 (0)
1950–1959 Sunderland 269 (0)
1959–1960 Gateshead 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Jack Hedley (born John Robert Hedley, Wallsend in 1923) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C between 1950 and 1959 whom he joined from Everton, following a short spell as a renegade transfer to a Colombian club. A key player in the days when Sunderland was known as the "Bank of England club" Hedley played right-back alongside the football transfer record breaking Trevor Ford and Len Shackleton.

Hedley's footballing career ended after 295 appearances breaking his leg in training after which he worked for the local authority and taking on the more leisurely sport of Pigeon Racing winning several prestigious awards (partnered with Jimmy Lindsay) including the Up North Combine in the 1970s.

Hedley died in 1985 suffering from Parkinson's disease.


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