Walter Jones (Northern Irish footballer)

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Walter Jones
Personal information
Full name Walter Jones[1]
Date of birth (1925-04-04)4 April 1925[1]
Place of birth Lurgan, Northern Ireland[1]
Date of death December 2020 (aged 95)
Place of death Doncaster, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Linfield
1947–1950 Blackpool 0 (0)
1950–1954 Doncaster Rovers 69 (2)
1954 Grimsby Town 0 (0)
1954 York City 1 (0)
Total 70 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Jones (4 April 1925 – December 2020) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers and York City, in Northern Ireland for Linfield, and was on the books of Blackpool and Grimsby Town without making a league appearance.[1][2] He died in Doncaster in December 2020, at the age of 95.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. ^ a b Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
  3. ^ "Walter Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 January 2022.