Jack Hallam

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Jack Hallam
Full name	John Hallam
Date of birth	February 1869
Place of birth	Oswestry, England
Date of death	7 March 1949
Place of death	Swindon, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Outside right
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1888–1890 1890–1896 1896–1900	Oswestry Town Small Heath Swindon Town	133 (54) 014 0(4)
National team
1889	Wales	001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John "Jack" Hallam (February 1869 – 7 March 1949) was an English-born professional footballer who played as an outside right. He was capped at full international level for Wales. He played 133 games for Small Heath in the Football Alliance and the Football League, and also represented Oswestry Town and Swindon Town.

Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, on the border with Wales, Hallam started his football career with clubs in his home town. While with Oswestry Town he won international honours for Wales on 23 February 1889 in a 4–1 defeat to England. In 1890 he moved to Small Heath, then playing in the Football Alliance, and made over 150 appearances for the club. Though the strength of Hallam's game lay in his speed, he contributed 17 goals – and was only outscored by future England international Fred Wheldon – in Small Heath's first Football League season, in which they won the inaugural Second Division championship. He also helped them to runners-up spot and promotion to the First Division the following year and played a further 18 months in the top flight. He then moved to Swindon Town in the Southern League. After football he worked for the Great Western Railway, based at Swindon, Wiltshire, and died in the town in 1949 aged 80.

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 93, 140–43. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
Matthews, Tony (October 2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875-2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot, pp. 103, 109. ISBN 0-9539288-0-2.
England 4-1 Wales. Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
Jack Hallam. Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk (a Swindon Town resource). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.

Persondata
NAME	Hallam, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hallam, John
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oswestry, Shropshire, England
DATE OF DEATH	1949-07-03
PLACE OF DEATH	Swindon, Wiltshire, England