James Jones (footballer)
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Full name | James Henry Jones | |||||||||||
Date of birth | December 1873 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Camberwell, London, England | |||||||||||
Date of death | 27 December 1955 | |||||||||||
Place of death | Hove, Sussex, England | |||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
Upton Park | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
1900 |
Great Britain (as Upton Park) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
Olympic medal record
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
James Henry Jones (December 1873 – 27 December 1955) was a British footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, playing in one match as a goalkeeper, and winning a gold medal.[1]
He was the secretary of Upton Park F.C., a London-based amateur football team. The team were invited to participate in the 1900 Summer Olympics by the Amateur Status Committee of the Football Association. Upton Park won the tournament with a 4-0 victory over the French representative USFSA.[2]
References
- ↑ James Jones profile at Sports Reference.com Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Menary, Steve. GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1905411924.
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