Jack Lowe (English footballer)

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Jack Lowe
Lowe in a Port Vale squad photo in 1923
Personal information
Full name John Lowe[1]
Date of birth 1900[1]
Place of birth Ripley, Derbyshire, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Ripley Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sheffield Wednesday
1920–1921 Chesterfield 33 (5)
1921–1923 Bolton Wanderers 5 (0)
1923–1928 Port Vale 163 (17)
1928–1929 Oldham Athletic 7 (2)
1929–1930 Rotherham United 1 (0)
Ripley Town
Total 209+ (24+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Lowe (born 1900; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played on the right-wing for Ripley Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, and Rotherham United.

Career[edit]

Lowe played for Ripley Town and Sheffield Wednesday, before he joined Chesterfield. He made his debut for the club playing at number seven on 4 September 1920, in a 0–0 draw with Grimsby Town Reserves.[3] He scored his first goal nine days later in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United Reserves.[3] He scored five goals in 33 Midland Football League games in the 1920–21 season, and also played in the Chesterfield Hospital Charity Cup final victory over Staveley Town.[3] He then moved into the First Division with Bolton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale in May 1923.[1] He scored twice in 32 appearances in the 1923–24 campaign.[1] He became an ever-present during the 1924–25 (45 games) and 1925–26 (43 games) seasons, making 128 consecutive appearances between April 1924 and March 1927, as Vale posted two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the Second Division.[1] His run came to the end as he sprained an ankle, though he did score eight goals in 45 games as the "Valiants" finished eighth for a third consecutive time in 1926–27.[1] He lost his first-team place in September 1927 and featured just nine times in the 1927–28 season, before he was handed a free transfer in May 1928.[1] He went on to play for Oldham Athletic and Rotherham United – he made just the one appearance for the "Millers", in a 2–1 Third Division North win over Rochdale at Spotland on 21 September 1929[4] – before returning to his hometown club Ripley, where he ultimately became a committee member.

Career statistics[edit]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield 1920–21[3] Midland Football League 33 5 4 0 37 5
Bolton Wanderers 1921–22[5] First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1922–23[5] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 5 0
Port Vale 1923–24[5] Second Division 30 2 1 0 33 2
1924–25[5] Second Division 42 1 3 0 45 1
1925–26[5] Second Division 42 5 1 0 43 5
1926–27[5] Second Division 40 8 4 0 44 8
1927–28[5] Second Division 9 1 0 0 9 1
Total 163 17 9 0 172 17
Oldham Athletic 1928–29[5] Second Division 7 2 0 0 7 2
Rotherham United 1929–30[5] Third Division North 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 209 24 13 0 222 24

Honours[edit]

Chesterfield

  • Chesterfield Hospital Charity Cup: 1920[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Harricus (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Bolton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b c d e "1920-1.xlsx". Google Docs. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Past Players". themillers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jack Lowe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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