Jack Dodds
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Thirlwell Dodds[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Hexham, England | ||
Date of death | 1940 (aged 54–55)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward, inside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Northern Star | |||
1905–1906 | Newcastle United | 5 | (0) |
1908 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | (0) |
–1911 | Darlington | ||
1911–1913 | Merthyr Town | ||
1913–1914 | Barrow | ||
1914– | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
1918 | → Heart of Midlothian (guest) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Thirlwell Dodds (1885–1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Newcastle United.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]Dodds enlisted as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[4] He later served in the Labour Corps.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newcastle United | 1905–06[5] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1906–07[5] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Merthyr Town
- Southern League Second Division: 1911–12[6]
- South Wales Cup: 1911–12[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jack Dodds on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 83. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Dodds [2] - Hearts Career - from 18 May 1918 to 18 May 1918". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ a b "John Dodds". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Merthyr Town Players And The Great War". Merthyr Town FC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
Categories:
- 1885 births
- Footballers from Hexham
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Royal Pioneer Corps soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. wartime guest players
- Darlington F.C. players
- Merthyr Town F.C. players
- Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
- 1940 deaths
- Military personnel from Northumberland
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs
- Southern Football League players