Jack Plant
English footballer
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John Plant (23 March 1871 – 19 January 1950) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside left.
Full name
John Plant[1]
Date of birth
23 March 1871
Place of birth
Bollington, England
Date of death
19 January 1950 (aged 78)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Plant[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1871 | ||
| Place of birth | Bollington, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 January 1950 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Crewe, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Denton | |||
| Bollington | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1890–1898 | Bury | ||
| 1898–1899 | Reading | ||
| 1899–1907 | Bury | ||
| International career | |||
| 1900 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early and personal life
Plant was born in Bollington, Cheshire on 23 March 1871.[1] He was the eldest of four children.[1] He worked as a labourer in an iron foundry.[1] He married and had two daughters.[1]
Career
Plant spent his early career playing with local clubs Denton and Bollington.[1] He signed for Bury in 1890, and won the Football League Division Two title with Bury in 1894–95.[1] He spent the 1898–99 season with Reading, before returning to Bury, where he finished his career in 1907.[1] He was a member of Bury's FA Cup-winning teams in 1900 and 1903, scoring a goal in both finals.[1][2]
