Jack Carr (footballer, born 1878)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Thomas Carr | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Seaton Burn, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 March 1948 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1897–1899 | Seaton Burn | ? | (?) |
| 1899–1912 | Newcastle United | 279 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1905–1907 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1920 | Denmark | ||
| 1922–1926 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Thomas "Jack" Carr (7 October 1878 – 17 March 1948) was a professional footballer with Newcastle United between 1899 and 1912, playing at full back and making 279 appearances and scoring 5 goals.
Carr won three League Championships and the FA Cup with Newcastle in this successful period of the club's history.
He made two appearances for England, both against Ireland, in a 1–1 draw on 25 February 1905 and in a 1–0 victory on 16 February 1907.
In 1912 he became a trainer at Newcastle United and would fill this position for the next 10 years. He eventually left the club when Blackburn Rovers made him their manager in 1922. Carr was the coach of the Danish national side at the 1920 Summer Olympics football competition in Antwerp.
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