Jack Hallam

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Jack Hallam
Personal information
Full nameJohn Hallam
Date of birth1869[lower-alpha 1]
Place of birthOswestry, England
Date of death7 March 1949 (aged 79–80)
Place of deathSwindon, England
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing positionOutside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1888–1890Oswestry Town
1890–1896Small Heath133(54)
1896–1897Swindon Town14(4)
1897–1898Trowbridge Town
1898–1899Swindon Town2(0)
National team
1889Wales1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John "Jack" Hallam (1869[lower-alpha 1] – 7 March 1949) was a professional footballer who played as an outside right. He was capped at full international level for Wales. He played 133 games for Small Heath in the Football Alliance and the Football League, and also represented Oswestry Town, Swindon Town and Trowbridge Town.

Career

Born in the Oswestry, Shropshire, in England but on the border with Wales, Hallam started his football career with clubs in his native town.[1] While with Oswestry Town he won international honours for Wales, on 23 February 1889 in a 4–1 defeat to England.[5] A report of the match said that Hallam "showed great speed but was evidently nervous and hesitated too much".[6]

In 1890 he moved to Small Heath, then playing in the Football Alliance, and made more than 150 appearances for the club in all competitions.[1] The strength of Hallam's game lay in his speed, and he formed fine partnerships on the right side with both Charlie Short and Billy Walton.[7] In Small Heath's first Football League season, they won the inaugural Second Division championship; Hallam contributed 17 goals, and was only outscored by future England international Fred Wheldon.[8] He also helped them to runners-up spot and promotion to the First Division the following year and played a further 18 months in the top flight.[9]

He then moved to Swindon Town, where he played for one season in the Southern League, followed by a season with Trowbridge Town in the Western League, then returning to Swindon for a final season in their Western League team.[2] After football he worked for the Great Western Railway, based at Swindon, Wiltshire, and died in the town in 1949 aged about 80.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matthews' Complete Record,[1] Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk,[2] and Michael Joyce's Football League Players' Records[3] all give Hallam's birth as February 1869. However, his birth was registered in the third quarter of 1869,[4] which makes it rather less likely for February to be correct.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 93. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jack Hallam". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  4. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "England 4–1 Wales". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  6. ↑ Davies, Gareth & Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 76. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
  7. ↑ Matthews, Tony (October 2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. p. 103. ISBN 0-9539288-0-2.
  8. ↑ Matthews, Complete Record, p. 141.
  9. ↑ Matthews, Complete Record, pp. 142–43.