- Jack Peart
Infobox Football biography
playername = Jack Peart
fullname = John George Peart
dateofbirth = birth date|1888|10|3|df=y
cityofbirth =South Shields
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1948|9|1|1888|10|3|df=y
height =
position = Centre Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1907–1909
1909–1912
1912–1913
1913–1919
1919
1919–1920
1920–1922
1922
1922–1923
1923–1924
clubs = Adelaide South Shields
Sheffield United
Stoke
Newcastle United
Notts County
→ Leeds City (guest)
→ Rochdale (guest)
Birmingham
Derby County
Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Company
Port Vale
Norwich City
Rochdale
caps(goals) =
27 0(8)
17 0(6)
82 (51)
03 0(0)
09 0(1)
07 0(0)
21 0(7)
21 (10)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears =
1923–1930
1930–1935
1935–1948
managerclubs = Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Company
Rochdale
Bradford City
FulhamJohn George 'Jack' Peart (born
3 October 1888 inSouth Shields ,England , died in September 1948) was a professional footballer, who played centre forward, and football manager.Peart was a centre forward who had a nomadic career. He played for eight league clubs in a career which spanned 19 years and every division of
the Football League . He also played non-league football in the Southern and Welsh leagues, as well as guested for other clubs during World War One. Peart was known as the 'most injured man in football', which included a broken leg in 1910 at Sheffield United keeping him out of football for two seasons.cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = pp. 67–68
isbn = 0907969380]His clubs included Adelaide South Shields, Sheffield United, Stoke, Newcastle United, Notts County, Birmingham, Derby County, Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Company, Port Vale, Norwich City and Rochdale. He also played at Leeds City and Rochdale in war-time football.
He was also a manager, including player-manager at Ebbw Vale and Rochdale. He left Rochdale to become manager of Bradford City. He took over from the club's most successful manager,
Peter O'Rourke in July 1930. During his five years atValley Parade he maintained the club's position in Division Two but he had offered to resign at the end of 1933–34 before agreeing to see out the final two years of his contract.In 1935, he joined Fulham where he remained until his death in September 1948 at the age of 58. The team he built went on to win the Division Two championship.
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