Mark Jones (footballer)

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See Mark Jones (Welsh footballer) for the Welsh footballer currently playing for Wrexham A.F.C.

Mark Jones
Personal information
Full name	Mark Jones
Date of birth	15 June 1933
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Date of death	February 6, 1958
Place of death	Munich, Germany
Position	Central Defender
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1950-1958	Manchester United	103 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mark Jones (15 June 1933 – 6 February 1958) was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. Born near Barnsley in 1933, he was the club's first-choice centre-half for much of the 1950's and collected two league championship winner's medals. He missed the 1957 FA Cup final defeat because of an eye injury, and was looking set for an international call-up which would surely have come his way had he not perished at Munich. Mark was survived by his wife June and two-year-old son Gary. His daughter Lynne was born four months after the Munich Air Disaster, and June has since re-married. Mark was buried in Wombwell, near Barnsley.