Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jack Diffin | ||
Date of birth | unknown | ||
Date of death | unknown | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Belfast Celtic | |||
Linfield | |||
Dartford | |||
National team | |||
1931 | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1944–1945 | Port Vale | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Jack Diffin was a Northern Irish footballer and football manager.
Diffin played for Belfast Celtic, Linfield and Dartford. He was capped by Northern Ireland in 1931. After retirement he set up a road haulage business.
Diffin became a Port Vale director in 1944 and appointed team manager in October of that year. David Pratt was appointed as manager in December 1944, but failed to gain a release from the Air Force and so never managed to be a manager to the Vale other than in name only.[1] Diffin remained the effective manager until August 1945, when Billy Frith was appointed. Diffin then concentrated on his board duties before being elected vice-chairman in 1946, finally stepping down in December 1957.[2]
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