Jack Shelton (footballer)

Jack Shelton

John Shelton, in a Port Vale team photo with a Senior Cup trophy.
Personal information
Full name John Shelton
Date of birth 1884[1]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England[1]
Date of death September 1918 (aged 33–34)[2]
Playing position Right-half / inside-forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1907–1911 Wolverhampton Wanderers 94 (17)
1911–1918 Port Vale 139 (7)
Total 233 (24)

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

† Appearances (goals)

John "Jack" Shelton (1884 – September 1918) was an English footballer who played as a right-half and inside-forward. He was the elder brother of George Shelton. He played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1908 FA Cup Final, and later won minor cup competitions with Port Vale.

Playing career

Shelton was born in Wolverhampton in 1884 and played local football for a side in Compton, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1907.[3] The 1907–08 season was highly successful for Shelton, he scored a hat-trick against Grimsby Town in December,[4] and scored against Bradford City in the FA Cup Third Round to earn Wolves a replay.[5] The club went on to reach the 1908 FA Cup Final at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, and Shelton played in the 3–1 victory over Newcastle United.[1] In total of scored 17 goals for the club in 94 appearances.[3]

He joined Port Vale in August 1911, a club that had resigned from the Football League in 1907.[2] He was an ever-present in his debut season and was a member of the sides that won the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912, the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913, reached the FA Cup first round in 1914 and won the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1915.[2] He guested for rivals Stoke during the war, and made 26 appearances in 1915–16. He returned to Vale to become an ever-present in the 1916–17 season.[2] He was conscripted in the summer of 1917 and died in battle in September 1918.[2]

Honours

with Wolverhampton Wanderers
with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wolves' Edwardian FA cup winner". blackcountrybugle.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 263. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. 1 2 "a to z". scribd.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "The hat-tricks". wolves-stats.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "On This Day: January 9-15". wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
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