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Jackie
Bestall |
Grimsby Town
FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 1
100% successful
1935
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Pic 200 x 149
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Gilbert Bestall |
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Born |
24 June 1900 in
Beighton, near Sheffield [registered in
Sheffield, September 1900]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1901 census,
at nine months-old, John G. was the youngest of three children to John and
Lucy Ellen, living at 44 Summer Street in Sheffield. His father was a
warehouseman in a Furniture Warehouse. |
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According to the 1911 census,
now with three younger siblings, still living at 44 Summer Street and his
father still in the warehouse. |
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Married |
to Marthe T. Thompson
[registered in Ecclesall Bierlow, September 1921]. |
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Died |
11 April 1985, aged
84 years x days
[registered in Doncaster, April 1985]. He apparently died of
natural causes. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
3", 9st.
11lbs [1935]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
| Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
One of only
handful of players who have a street named after him. Bestall Road
is in Grimsby, DN32. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |