Gary Jones (footballer, born 1951)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary Kenneth Jones | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Prescot, England | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1966–1968 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1976 | Everton | 82 | (12) |
1976–1978 | Birmingham City | 35 | (1) |
1978–1979 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gary Kenneth Jones (born 5 January 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a winger.
Born in Prescot, which was then in Lancashire, Jones joined Everton from school, and remained with the club for ten years, but played relatively infrequently; only in his last two seasons did he play more than 13 games a season for the first team.[1] He joined Birmingham City in 1976, spending two seasons with the club before finishing his playing career with Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League.[2][3]
Following his retirement he managed a local public house, The Albert in Lark Lane, Liverpool.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gary Jones". Football-Heroes.net. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Ft. Lauderdale/Minnesota Strikers". North American Soccer League Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ^ Van Den Hauwe, Pat (2012). Psycho Pat. London: John Blake. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-84358-754-5.
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Prescot
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Everton F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players
- English Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English football midfielder, 1950s birth stubs