Jack Thorogood

Who was Jack Thorogood?

Jack Thorogood was an English professional footballer who scored 26 goals in 98 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Millwall. He played as an outside left.

Thorogood was born in Dinnington, Yorkshire. He began his football career with Frickley Colliery before joining Birmingham of the Football League First Division in November 1930. He made his debut on 6 December 1930 in a 2–0 win at home to Huddersfield Town, but was unable to dislodge Ernie Curtis from the starting eleven. Even when Curtis left, Thorogood failed to impose himself, and in the 1934 close season he moved to Millwall, where he benefited from regular football to score at a rate of a goal every three games. He signed for Doncaster Rovers shortly before the Second World War, and made guest appearances for several clubs during the war. He died in Bridlington, Yorkshire, in 1970 at the age of 59.