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Jack Fort |
Millwall
Athletic FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 0
100% successful
1921
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Fort |
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Birth |
15 April 1888 in
Plank Lane, Abram, Lancashire [registered in
Wigan, June 1888]. |
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Baptism |
6 May 1888 at St
John the Evangelist Church, Abram.
Child of Abraham (occupation Collier) and
Elizabeth, living at Plank Lane, Abram. Baptism by H. Linton (Vicar). |
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According to the 1891
census, John is the third of four children to Abraham and Elizabeth. Along
with two lodgers, they live at 26 Talbot Road in Abram. His father is a
coal miner. |
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According to the 1901
census, John has three more siblings, and six of the children still live
with their parents at 26 Talbot Road. His father is still a miner. |
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According to the 1911
census, John is the eldest of the children still living with his parents.
Another brother has since been born, and along with another two of his
siblings, they all live at 128 Plank Lane in Abram. John is a trammer in
the coal mine. The census reveals that John is in fact one of eleven,
and five have his siblings had died up until this point. |
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Marriage |
to Jane Frances Rigby
[registered in Greenwich, March 1915]. Three daughters,
Alice (b.1916), Mary (b.9 November 1919)
and Hilda (b.1920) |
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According to the
1921 census, John, a professional footballer (for Millwall AFC), is now
married to Jane Frances, with two daughters, Alice and Mary, and they live
with his wife's parents, Thomas and Ann Rigby at 34 Westleigh Lane in
Leigh. |
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According to the 1939 register, John, a builders labourer, is married to
Jane F., and they live at 178 Chudleigh Road in Lewisham, along with one
of their daughters, Mary. |
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Death |
23 November 1965, aged
77 years 222 days
[registered in Lewisham, December 1965] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his junior football career with Plank Lane
Juiniors FC and St. Andrew's Mission FC of the Bolton and District League
when he was fourteen years old. Turned professional with Atherton FC of
the Lancashire Combination in 1907. Fort joined Exeter City FC in 1911.
After the 1914 summer tour of South America, which took in a game against
Brazil, Millwall Athletic signed Fort, along with Fred Whittaker, on 19
August 1914. After 250 league appearances,
he retired in 1930. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three South winners
1927-28; |
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Individual honours |
Southern League (one
appearance) |
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Distinctions |
John's younger brother, Paul, also played with Millwall
FC. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8",
12st. 6lbs [1923]. |
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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 |
One of seven who became the 414th players
(415) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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Only match |
No. 126, 21 May 1921,
Belgium 0 England 2,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles,
Sint-Jans Molenbeek,
Bruxelles, aged 33 years
36 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Fort was the first third tier player to play for
England |
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Beyond England |
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Worked as a miner before turning
professional. After retiring from playing, he remained with Millwall FC,
being employed within the backroom, coach, trainer, scout and groundsman.
He was working as a groundsman to within a few days of his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.99. |
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