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English footballer

Jumbo Reason
Personal information
Full name Herbert Reason
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Wanstead, England
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1905 Woodford
1905–1910 Clapton Orient 91 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Reason was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back. He was nicknamed 'Jumbo', "due to his short and stocky build".

Personal life

Reason was married with three children and worked as a bricklayer. He served as a private in the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 240. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. "Reason Bert "Jumbo" Clapton Orient 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". Leyton Orient FC. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jumbo Reason on Lives of the First World War
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