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Jackie
Pearson |
Crewe Alexandra FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 0
100% successful
1892
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 Hargreaves Pearson |
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Born |
25 January 1868 in Monks Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire [registered in
Crewe, March 1868]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
John Hargreaves is the sixth of seven children to George and Mary, living
in Nantwich Road in Crewe. His father was a railway engine driver. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John was now a scholar, now with two more sisters, one adopted.
Still with parents at 83 Nantwich Road. His father is still driving
trains. |
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According to the 1891 census,
John H. is now a railway clerk, and one of only three of the children
still at the same house with their parents. |
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According to the 1901 census,
now married to Ann, with a new daughter, Norah. With a single servant,
they all live at 11 Ruskin Road in Crewe. |
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According to the 1911 census,
still married and still with one daughter and one servant. Living at 262
Nantwich Road in Crewe. He is a Railway Clerk. |
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Married |
To Ann William,
[registered in Nantwich, June 1895]. |
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Died |
22 June 1931 in
Bournemouth, aged
63 years x days
[registered in Bournemouth, June 1931]. |
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Height/Weight |
Not known |
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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) |
Played junior
football in Crewe, before joining Crewe Alexandra when he was only 13
years-old. Remaining with the club until injury forced retirement in
1893. |
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Club honours |
None. |
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Individual honours |
None. |
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Distinctions |
He was referee
in the 1911 FA Cup Final. |
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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
thirteen players, across two matches, who became the 185th player to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No. 44. 5 March 1892, Ireland 0 England 2, a
British Championship match at Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, aged
24 years
40 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1891-92; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1891-92; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Became a referee in 1893 after injury
forced retirement. He gained first-class status, including
refereeing the FA Cup Final in 1911, and remained a top class referee in
the Football League until 1914. From his early years, he was in the
railway industry with London & North Western Railway, which amalgamated in
1923 with LMS. He retired in December 1930. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.194. |
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