Stewart Jump

Stewart Jump
Personal information
Full nameStewart Jump[1]
Date of birth27 January 1952[1]
Place of birthCrumpsall, Manchester, England[1]
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1965–1970Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1973Stoke City44(1)
1973–1978Crystal Palace81(2)
1977Fulham (loan)3(0)
1975–1977Tampa Bay Rowdies60(1)
1978–1980Houston Hurricane74(2)
1978–1980Houston Summit (indoor)45(28)
1980–1981Minnesota Kicks44(1)
1981–1982New Jersey Rockets (indoor)32(5)
1982–1983Baltimore Blast (indoor)43(1)
1983–1984Tacoma Stars (indoor)17(0)
Total443(41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stewart Jump (born 27 January 1952) is a former English footballer in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Fulham and Stoke City.[1] He also had a successful career playing in the United States, and was chosen as the MVP of the 1975 Soccer Bowl.[2]

Career

Jump was born in Manchester and joined Stoke City as an apprentice in 1965.[1] He progressed through the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground and signed a professional contract in 1970.[1] He made his debut against Coventry City in February 1971 and played in 12 First Division matches in 1970–71 scoring once against Blackpool.[1] Jump played 33 games in 1971–72 and made 11 appearances in 1972–73. After playing just five matches in 1973–74 he was sold to Crystal Palace for £75,000.[1]

Jump spent four seasons at Selhurst Park making 91 appearances scoring twice and he also played three matches for Fulham F.C. in 1977. He then decided to move to the United States to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League for the 1975, 1976 and 1977 summer seasons. In 1978, the Houston Hurricane of the NASL purchased Jump's contract from Crystal Palace. He played two seasons for the Hurricane. He then played for several Major Indoor Soccer League teams as well as the Minnesota Kicks.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1970–71 First Division 121000021142
1971–72 First Division 190205070330
1972–73 First Division 100001000110
1973–74 First Division 3000101050
Total 4412070101632
Crystal Palace 1973–74 Second Division 221100000231
1974–75 Third Division 211003000241
1975–76 Third Division 250400000290
1976–77 Third Division 120100000130
1977–78 Second Division 1000000010
Total 812703000912
Fulham (loan) 1976–77 Second Division 3000000030
Total 3000000030
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975 NASL 210210
1976 NASL 171171
1977 NASL 220220
Total 601301
Houston Hurricane 1978 NASL 281281
1979 NASL 260260
1980 NASL 201201
Total 742742
Minnesota Kicks 1980 NASL 120120
1981 NASL 321321
Total 441441
Career Total 3067901001013058
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup and Texaco Cup.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Stewart Jump". St. Petersburg Times. 23 April 1976. p. 9C. Retrieved 7 April 2009.

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