| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Forrest | ||
| Date of birth | 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Motherwell | ||
| 1902 | Stoke | 6 | (3) |
| 1903–1905 | Bradford City | 53 | (18) |
| – | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Total | 59 | (21) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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John 'Jack' Forrest (born in Lanarkshire, Scotland) was a professional footballer who was part of Bradford City's first ever league team. He was a centre forward.
Forrest moved from Stoke in May 1903 to join the newly-formed league club Bradford City taking his place in the club's first line-up against Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903. He spent a little over two seasons at Bradford scoring 18 goals in 53 league games and being the club's top goal-scorer in 1904–05. He also scored six goals from just five FA Cup games including four in a 9–0 win over Sunderland W.E. on 10 December 1905. In January 1906, he left to join Hamilton Academical.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1902–03 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Bradford City | 1903–04 | ||||||
| 1904–05 | |||||||
| Total | 53 | 18 | 53 | 18 | |||
| Career Total | 59 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 21 | |