Jack Hedley
Football, Football player
1923 – 1985
Who was Jack Hedley?
Jack Hedley was an English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C between 1950 and 1959 whom he joined from Everton, following a short spell as a renegade transfer to a Colombian club. A key player in the days when Sunderland was known as the "Bank of England club" Hedley played right-back alongside the football transfer record breaking Trevor Ford and Len Shackleton.
Hedley's footballing career ended after 295 appearances breaking his leg in training after which he worked for the local authority and taking on the more leisurely sport of Pigeon Racing winning several prestigious awards including the Up North Combine in the 1970s.
Hedley died in 1985 suffering from Parkinson's disease.
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- Born
- Dec 11, 1923
Wallsend - Also known as
- Jack (John Robert) Hedley
- Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Wallsend
- Died
- 1985
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on July 23, 2013
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