Jack Brownsword

Jack Brownsword
Personal information
Full nameNathan John Brownsword
Date of birth15 May 1923
Place of birthCampsall, England
Date of death19 December 2009 (aged 86)
Place of deathEngland
Playing positionLeft-back
Youth career
Frickley Colliery
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1946–1947Hull City10(0)
1947Frickley Collieryunknown
1947–1965Scunthorpe United597(50)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jack Brownsword (May 15, 1923 – December 19, 2009) was a professional footballer who spent 18 seasons with Scunthorpe United, and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played 597 league games, and 791 first-team games overall for the club. He was a defender, playing in the left-back position.

Career

Jack was a colliery worker from Doncaster. He started his league career at Hull City but was released in 1947, having played just ten games for the club. He then returned to his first club Frickley Colliery in the Midland League, before moving to Scunthorpe United, also then in the Midland League at the end of the 1946/47 season.[1]

Scunthorpe was elected to The Football League in 1950, and Brownsword went on to make a club-record 597 league appearances for the club between 1950 and 1965. In total (including non-league and cup games) he appeared 791 times. He only missed 26 League matches and never missed an F.A. Cup game. He was appointed coach for the 1964-65 season, and still made 3 appearances.[2]

He scored 50 league goals for Scunthorpe United, all but one from penalties.

He died at the age of 86 on 19 December 2009.[3]

Honours

He was chosen to play five times by the Third Division North against the Third Division South, but was only able to play in three matches because of club commitments.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BBC TV Sportsview Soccer book 1964
  2. ↑ Saturday Telegraph Football Annual 1967-8
  3. ↑ Scunthorpe United legend Jack Brownsword dies - BBC Sport Online

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