Jack Wilkinson
Forward, Football player
1931 – 1996
Who was Jack Wilkinson?
Jack Wilkinson was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward in the Football League for eight years. He scored 81 goals in 158 league games, a record of a goal every two appearances.
He moved from Witton Albion to Arsenal in October 1953, but featured only once for the "Gunners" before moving on to Sheffield United in March 1956. He switched to Port Vale in June 1957, and helped the "Valiants" to the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He was sold on to Exeter City for a £2,500 fee in October 1959, before entering non-league football in 1961 with Wellington Town.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1931
Middlewich - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Middlewich
- Died
- Apr 10, 1996
Winsford
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on July 23, 2013
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