Jack Tresadern

Jack Tresadern
Personal information
Full nameJohn Tresadern
Date of birth26 September 1890
Place of birthLeytonstone, England
Date of death26 December 1959 (aged 69)
Playing positionLeft-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
?Wanstead?(?)
– 1913Barking Town?(?)
1913–1924West Ham United150(5)
1924–1925Burnley22(0)
1925–1926Northampton Town34(1)
National team
1923England2(0)
Teams managed
1926–1930Northampton Town
1930–1935Crystal Palace
1935–1938Tottenham Hotspur
1938–1947Plymouth Argyle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John "Jack" Tresadern (26 September 1890 in Leytonstone – 26 December 1959 in Tonbridge) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played twice for the England national side.

Playing career

Tresadern, a left-half, began his career with non-league Wanstead, moving on to Barking Town before joining West Ham United in July 1913. He was part of the West Ham side elected to the Football League in 1919 and became a regular in their league side. Tresadern made his England debut in April 1923, in the 2–2 Home International draw with Scotland, although he wasn't exactly enamoured with his performance. "I was the best player Scotland had on the field", he said. He was part of the West Ham side that lost to Bolton Wanderers in the first ever FA Cup final to be held at Wembley. After just two minutes Tresadern became entangled in the crowd after taking a throw-in and was unable to return to the pitch immediately. This gave Bolton's David Jack the opportunity to shoot for goal, this shot beat West Ham goalkeeper Ted Hufton to give Bolton the lead, and hit a spectator who was standing pressed against the goal net, knocking him unconscious.

In October 1924, after 279 league games for the Hammers, Tresadern moved to Burnley. He played 56 league games for Burnley before joining Northampton Town as player-manager in May 1925.

Coaching and managerial career

Tresadern retired from playing in December 1926 after breaking his leg. He continued as manager of Northampton until October 1930 when he became manager of Crystal Palace. In June 1935 he left Palace to manage Tottenham Hotspur, but had little success at White Hart Lane, resigning to take over at Plymouth Argyle in April 1938 rather than wait to be sacked.[1] The war interrupted his time at Plymouth, but he remained at Home Park until November 1947.

The following year he became a scout for Aston Villa before becoming manager of Chelmsford City in June 1949. He left Chelmsford in November 1950 and in December 1951 became manager of Hastings United.

He became manager of Tonbridge in April 1958 and remained in post until his death in December 1959 at the age of 69.

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Tresadern". Argyle Managers. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 9 November 2011.