Wilson Jones (footballer)

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Wilson Jones
Personal information
Full name	Charles Wilson Jones
Date of birth	April 29, 1914
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Date of death	January 9, 1986
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Centre-forward
Youth clubs
1930–1932	Brymbo Green
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1932–1934 1934–1947 1947–1948 1948–1949	Wrexham Birmingham Nottingham Forest Kidderminster Harriers	006 0(3) 135 (63) 007 0(5)
National team
1935–1939	Wales	002 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Charles Wilson Jones (born April 29, 1914 in Wrexham, Wales, died January 9, 1986 in Birmingham) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an centre-forward for Wrexham, Birmingham and Nottingham Forest in the Football League, and for Wales at international level.

He was Birmingham's top scorer on three occasions in the First Division in the 1930s. He won two caps for Wales, the first on March 27, 1935 against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, when he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win,^[1] and the second on May 20, 1939, a 1–1 draw against France in Paris.

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

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Persondata
NAME	Jones, Charles Wilson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1914-04-29
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wrexham, Wales
DATE OF DEATH	1986-01-09
PLACE OF DEATH	Birmingham, England