Jack Cartmell

Jack Cartmell
Personal information
Full name John Range Cartmell[1]
Date of birth (1890-08-28)28 August 1890
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Date of death 23 February 1979(1979-02-23) (aged 88)
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1911 Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
1912 Blackpool 0 (0)
Mardy
Abertillery
1916–1917 Heart of Midlothian 19 (0)
1919–1921 Brentford 29 (0)
1921–1923 Boscombe
1923–1924 Gillingham 5

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

John Range "Jack" Cartmell was a professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford and Gillingham.[1] He later became trainer at Brentford, spending nearly 30 years in the role.[1] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.[2]

Playing career

Early years

Cartmell began his career with spells at Huddersfield Town, Blackpool, Mardy and Abertillery before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 saw the suspension of competitive football the following year.[3] Cartmell guested for Heart of Midlothian during the war, making 19 appearances during the 1916/17 season.[4]

Brentford

After the armistice, Cartmell joined Southern League Division One side Brentford in 1919.[1] He made 30 appearances during the Bees' first season of league football in 1920/21,[5] before leaving at the end of the campaign.[1]

Return to non-league football

Cartmell saw out his career with Southern League side Boscombe and made a brief return to league action with Gillingham in the 1923/24 season.[6]

Trainer career

Gillingham

After his retirement from football in 1924, Cartmell remained at Gillingham as assistant to trainer Bob Kane.[7] He departed the club in 1926.[7]

Brentford

Cartmell returned to Brentford in 1926, when he followed manager Harry Curtis, Bob Kane and a number of former Gillingham players to Griffin Park.[7] He progressed to become the club's lead trainer and remained with the Bees until the mid-1950s.[1] Cartmell was rewarded for his long service with a testimonial match against Hayes in April 1955.[1]

Hayes

Cartmell became trainer of Athenian League side Hayes in the mid-1950s.[1]

Personal life

Cartmell served in the Sportsmen's Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers during the First World War.[8][9]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 35. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. 1 2 Chris Wickham. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 53. ISBN 190589161X.
  4. ↑ "John R Cartmell - Hearts Career - from 18 Nov 1916 to 02 Jan 1918". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Richard Day. "ON THIS DAY...". gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 100. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  8. ↑ "The Sportsman's Gazette: January 2015". sportsmansgazette.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  9. ↑ "British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription". search.livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
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