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Jackie
Carr |
Middlesbrough
FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 0 D 2 L 0 F 3:
A 3
50% successful
1919-28
captain: none
minutes played: 170
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Timeline |
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John Carr |
Birth |
26 November 1891
in South Bank, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [registered in Middlesbrough,
March 1892]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register. |
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According to the 1901 census,
John is the third child of six to George and Caroline (née
Firmstone), living at 32
Milbank Street in Normanby, Middlesbrough. His father is a docks labourer. |
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According to the 1911 census,
John is a professional footballer, alongside his older brother William,
and they live with their parents at 56 Napier Street in South Bank,
Middlesbrough. |
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According to the
1921 census, John, still a professional footballer (for Middlesbrough FC)
along with his younger brother, George, is the oldest of four children
still living with their parents at 53 Redcar Road in South Bank |
Marriage |
to Grace
Calvert
[registered in Middlesbrough, September 1921]. |
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According to the 1939 register, John, a football club manager, and Grace,
are still married and are living at 27 Easson Road in Redcar, along with
their son, William, and his widowed father-in-law, Thomas Calvert. |
Death |
10 May 1942
at his home at 27 Easson Road, Redcar, aged
50 years 166 days
[registered in Cleveland, June 1942]. Left £759
2s. 11d. to his widow, Grace. |
Funeral |
13 May 1942
in Middlesbrough,
was attended by T.H. Pailor, the Mayor of Hartlepool, also Frank Perryman
and William Yeats, Hartlepools United FC director and secretary
respectively |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing
Career |
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy and
junior football in South Bank area of Middlesbrough. Joined local side,
South Bank FC, as an inside-right, from where he joined Middlesbrough FC
on amateur froms on 23 December 1910. He then signed professional forms on
25 January 1911. He remained with them,
making 449 league appearances and scoring 81 goals, until 8 May
1930, when he was released. Carr joined Blackpool FC shortly afterwards on
15 May and as a result Boro gave him £500 in lieu of benefit as
recognition of twenty years at the club.
Carr would make another
fourteen league outings and scoring twice. Joined Hartlepools
United FC on 29 July 1931, he scored once in ten
league appearances. |
Club honours |
FA Amateur Cup
runners-up 1909-10; Football League
Division Two winners 1926-27, 1928-29; |
Individual honours |
Football League
(three appearances) |
Distinctions |
Came
from a footballing family that included brothers Billy and George. |
Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
8lbs [1921]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
Management
Career |
Club(s) |
When he joined Hartlepools
United FC on 29 July 1931, he did so as a player-coach, taking over as
manager in April 1932, until 16 April 1935, he was sacked for 'financial
reasons'. He had applied, unsuccessfully, for the vacant Blackpool FC
managerial position in May 1933. Took a similar position with
Tranmere Rovers FC in May 1935, he resigned on 22 October 1937. It was at
this time that Carr was an unsuccessful applicant for the Leicester City
FC managerial position, making the four-man short-list. Returned to Teesside with Darlington FC on
22 October 1938, replacing
George Brown,
his stay was short, as the Second World War ended most football activities. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of seven who became the 383rd players
(388) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside/outside-right |
First match |
No. 120, 25 October 1919,
Ireland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor Park,
Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
27 years
333 days. |
Last match |
No. 131, 5 March 1923, Wales 2 England 2, a
British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
31 years 99 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship
1919-20, 1922-23; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
No additional information, but after
he left football, he was engaged in engineering works at a Thornaby
foundry. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.58/59/obituary |
Jackie Carr - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
6 |
2 |
2 |
170 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Jackie Carr
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Away |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All
-
British Championship |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Jackie Carr
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1919-20 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC
1922-23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC
All |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Jackie Carr
- Match History |
Club: Middlesbrough F.C. -
2 full appearances |
F.A. International Select Committee -
2
full capsx
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Age 27 |
1 |
120 |
25 October 1919 - Ireland
1 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
Start |
ir |
Age 29 |
- |
127 |
22 October 1921 - Ireland 1 England
1,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
reserve |
Age 30 |
- |
130 |
21 October 1922 - England 2 Ireland 0, The
Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
BC |
HW |
withdrew injured |
Age 31 |
2 |
131 |
5 March 1923 - Wales 2 England 2, Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
HD |
Start off 80 |
or |
1-2 when withdrawn |
Age 35 |
- |
157 |
22 October 1927 - Ireland 2
England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AL |
reserve |
Age 36 |
- |
160 |
17 May 1928
- France 1 England 5,
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
tour |
AW |
reserve |
- |
161 |
19 May 1928
- Belgium 1 England 3,
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen |
AW |
Notes
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CG
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