Wilson Jones (footballer)
For other people with the same name, see Wilson Jones (disambiguation).
 Jones (r.) in a game against Swedish club AIK Fotboll in 1946 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Wilson Jones | ||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 9 January 1986 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1930–1932 | Brymbo Green | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1934 | Wrexham | 6 | (3) |
| 1934–1947 | Birmingham | 135 | (63) |
| 1947–1948 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | (5) |
| 1948–1949 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1935–1939 | Wales | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Charles Wilson Jones (29 April 1914 – 9 January 1986) was a Welsh international footballer who played as a centre forward for Wrexham, Birmingham and Nottingham Forest in the Football League.
He was Birmingham's top scorer on three occasions in the First Division in the 1930s. He won two caps for Wales, the first on 27 March 1935 against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, when he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win,[1] and the second on 20 May 1939, a 1–1 draw against France in Paris.
References
General Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
Specific
- ↑ "1930 - 1939". Welsh Football Online. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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