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Jack Clough
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Born 1898 (1898)
Murton, England

John H. Clough MM was an English professional football goalkeeper who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League, most notably for Bradford Park Avenue.[2] After retiring as a player, he served Mansfield Town as a trainer between 1939 and 1949.[3]

Personal life[]

Clough served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[4] He was awarded the Military Medal for "rendering first aid and bringing in wounded comrades from the front lines under continuous enemy shell fire" during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916.[4]

Honours[]

Bradford Park Avenue

  • Football League Third Division North: 1927–28[2][5]

Career statistics[]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1922–23[6] First Division 12 0 0 0 12 0
1923–24[6] 31 0 1 0 32 0
1924–25[6] Second Division 42 0 1 0 43 0
1925–26[6] 39 0 2 0 41 0
Total 124 0 4 0 128 0
Brentford 1933–34[7] Second Division 20 0 1 0 21 0
Rotherham United 1934–35[8] Third Division North 46 0 0 0 46 0
Career total 190 0 5 0 195 0

References[]

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 60. ISBN 190589161X. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 38. ISBN 978-0955294914. 
  3. "Clough Jack Image 1 Bradford Park Avenue 1930" (in en-GB). http://vintagefootballers.com/product/clough-jack-image-1-bradford-pa-1930/. Retrieved 23 December 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "North East War Memorials Project – Every Name A Story Content". http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1267&displayorder=12. Retrieved 23 June 2015. 
  5. Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "John Clough". http://www.11v11.com/players/john-clough-44262/. 
  7. White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372. ISBN 0951526200. 
  8. "Rotherham United...Since 1925". http://www.rotherhamunited1925.co.uk/#/193419352/4546130924. 
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