Wilson_Jones_(footballer,_born_1914)

Wilson Jones (footballer, born 1914)

Wilson Jones (footballer, born 1914)

Welsh footballer (1914–1986)

For other people with the same name, see Wilson Jones (disambiguation).

Charles Wilson Jones (29 April 1914 – 9 January 1986) was a Welsh international footballer who played as a centre forward for Wrexham, Birmingham (renamed Birmingham City in 1943) and Nottingham Forest in the Football League.[1][3]

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He was Birmingham's top scorer on three occasions in the First Division in the 1930s.[4] He won two caps for Wales,[5] the first on 27 March 1935 against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, when he scored the first goal in a 3–1 win,[6] and the second on 20 May 1939, a 2–1 defeat against France in Paris.[7]

He was landlord of the White Hart public house in Aston, Birmingham, for 19 years until it was demolished in 1968 prior to the construction of the Aston Expressway.[8]

References

General

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

Specific

  1. [1]
    "Charlie Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Faith in "Blues'" fowrard line. No new "stars"". Evening Despatch. Birmingham. 1 August 1935. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    "Charlie Jones". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    Matthews (1995), pp. 177–180.
  5. [5]
    Matthews (1995), pp. 101–102.
  6. [6]
    "1930–1939". Welsh Football Online. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  7. [7]
    "France 2–1 Wales 20 May 1939". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. [8]
    Wakeling, Vic (21 September 1968). "Jones waits and wonders". Sports Argus. Birmingham. p. 7.


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