Jack Mahon (footballer, born 1886)

This article is about the player active c.1908-1920. For the player active in the 1930s and 1940s, see Jack Mahon (footballer, born 1911).

John "Jack" Mahon (born 1886, place of birth unknown) was a professional association football player. After playing for minor teams Clowne White Star and Worksop Town he joined Football League club Gainsborough Trinity in 1908.[1] He played 22 times for the club before joining New Brompton in 1909. He remained with the club, later renamed Gillingham, until 1920 and made over 250 appearances.[2] He also gained the club's first ever representative honour when he played for a Southern League XI against an equivalent team from The Football League in 1910.[3] In 1920 he left Gillingham to join Doncaster Rovers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Tony Brown. p. 175. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 128. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  3. Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893–1984. Kent County Libraries. p. 6.


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