Wilson Jones (footballer)

Wilson Jones

Jones (r.) in a game against Swedish club AIK Fotboll in 1946
Personal information
Full name	Charles Wilson Jones
Date of birth	(1914-04-29)29 April 1914
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Date of death	9 January 1986(1986-01-09) (aged 71)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Centre-forward
Youth career
1930–1932	Brymbo Green
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1932–1934	Wrexham	6	(3)
1934–1947	Birmingham	135	(63)
1947–1948	Nottingham Forest	7	(5)
1948–1949	Kidderminster Harriers
National team
1935–1939	Wales	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Charles Wilson Jones (29 April 1914 – 9 January 1986) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an centre-forward for Wrexham, Birmingham and Nottingham Forest in the Football League, and for Wales at international level.

He was Birmingham's top scorer on three occasions in the First Division in the 1930s. He won two caps for Wales, the first on 27 March 1935 against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, when he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win,^[1] and the second on 20 May 1939, a 1–1 draw against France in Paris.

References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

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