Jack Calvey |
Nottingham Forest FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1:
A 0
100% successful
1902
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Calvey |
Birth |
23 June 1875 in Stockton-on-Tees, county Durham [registered in
Stockton, June 1875]. Some sources
state 23 August - but he was registered before June. The only John Calvey
registered in 1875! The same
source states that the Calvey who died in 1937, did so in Poplar and was was born in 1877,
but no registration confirms this. Yet
there is no other Calvey born in Teesside at that time, as his 1901/11
census confirm he was born there. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John is the younger brother of Thomas, both to Irishman Neal and Mary
Thomas, living at 28 Eston Junction in Eston, Middlesbrough. With one
servant and five Irish boarders. |
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According to the 1891 census,
15 year-old John is now the eldest of two children still with parents at
22 Branch Street in Normanby, Middlesbrough. He and his father are general
labourers. With one servant and two Irish boarders. |
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According to the 1901 census,
J. is now a professional footballer who is visiting W.H.Phillips at 160
White Horse Street in Limehouse, London. |
Marriage |
to Julia Regan
[registered in Poplar, June 1910]. |
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According to the 1911 census,
John, now married to Mrs E. (thats what it says!), with one son, John
Neal, living in 5 Dunkeld Street, Bromley, London. He is a stevedore
(a ship stower). |
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According to the
1921 census, John is an out of work stevedore, still married and with
three more children, Kathleen, Joseph and Mary, living at 9 Aberfeldy
Street in Poplar. The London Electoral Rolls confirm John and Julia
Calvey were living at 9 Aberfeldy Street in Tower Hamlets, Poplar between
1920 and 1937. |
Death |
January 1937, aged
61 years nk days
[registered in Poplar, March 1937].
An 1875-born John Calvey died in April 1945 in
Coatham, Redcar, in the Cleveland registration district. That Calvey was
Irish-born (co.Mayo) on 20 October 1874. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played for
local side South Bank FC Juniors in Middlesbrough, alongside Fred Priest
and George Hedley. He joined Millwall
Athletic FC as a professional in 1895. Joined Nottingham Forest FC in May
1899, and was reputed to be the highest earner in the game at the time
(£10pw). He returned to London who became the a dockworker, but also signed with Millwall
Athletic on 15 September 1904. Joined Chelsea FC on 18 January 1906. |
Club honours |
Ellis Cup
winners 1888-89, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1892-93. |
Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
Distinctions |
Shares the
Northern League goal scoring record of ten goals in 21-0 victory for South
Bank FC v North Skelton Rovers FC in 1895. |
Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
12lbs [1902]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Communigate.co.uk |
England Career |
Player number |
275th
player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-forward,
although he was picked out of position for his solitary England
appearance |
Only match |
No. 75, 22 March 1902, Ireland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral, Belfast, aged
26 years
272 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1901-02 |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
Later a dock worker in Poplar. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.57. |