Jack Kershaw

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Jack Kershaw
Personal information
Date of birth
Place of birth    Lancashire, England
Playing position Center Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1919-1921
1921-1922
1922-1923
1924-1925		 Fore River
J&P Coats
Fall River Marksmen
Shawsheen Indians
21 (3)
08 (3)   
Teams managed
1922-1927
1927		 Abbot Worsted
Harvard

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jack Kershaw (born in Lancashire, England) was an English soccer center forward who began his career in England and ended it in the United States. He played at least two seasons in the Southern New England Soccer League and two in the American Soccer League before coaching professionally and collegiately.

[edit] Player

According to some sources, Kershaw began his career in the English Northern Third Division.[1] At some point, he came to the United States and joined Fore River of the Southern New England Soccer League (SNESL). He scored a goal in Fore River’s loss to Ben Millers in the 1920 National Challenge Cup. He suffered a season ending injury sometime in December 1920 or January 1921.[2] In 1921, the SNESL was disbanded with the creation of the American Soccer League. Fore River did not move to the new league, but Kershaw spent two seasons in the new league, first with J&P Coats in 1921-1922 and then the Fall River Marksmen in 1922-1923.[3] In 1924, Kershaw scored the season’s first goal for the Shawsheen Indians in the semi-professional National League, which had replaced the SNESL. However, Kershaw is not listed on the Indians’ roster when they won the 1925 National Challenge Cup.[4]

[edit] Coach

While he continued to play for various teams, Kershaw also coached Abbot Worsted for six seasons, taking the team to national prominence and winning three league championships. In 1927, Harvard University hired Kershaw as the soccer team’s head coach.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b March 21, 1927 The Crimson
  2. ^ January 12, 1921 The Globe
  3. ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4). 
  4. ^ Foulds, Alan E. (2002). Boston’s Ballparks and Arenas (Hardback), Northeastern. (ISBN 1-5846-5409-0).