| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | James Henry Jones | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1873-11-18)18 November 1873 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Camberwell, London, England | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 December 1955(1955-12-27) (aged 82) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hove, Sussex, England | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Upton Park | ||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1900 | Great Britain | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
James Henry Jones (18 November 1873 – 27 December 1955) was a British footballer who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, playing in one match as a goalkeeper, and winning a gold medal.
He was the secretary of Upton Park F.C., a London-based amateur football team. The team were invited to participate in the 1900 Summer Olympics by the Amateur Status Committee of the Football Association. Upton Park won the tournament with a 4–0 victory over the French representative USFSA.
References
- ^ James Jones at Olympedia (archive)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- Menary, Steve (31 October 2010). GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1905411924.
External links
| Great Britain football squad (Upton Park F.C.) – 1900 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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- 1873 births
- 1955 deaths
- Footballers from the London Borough of Southwark
- People from Camberwell
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Upton Park F.C. players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- English football goalkeeper stubs
- British Olympic medallist stubs