Jack Crayston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William John Crayston | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | December 1992 (aged 82) | ||
| Playing position | Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1928 | Ulverston Town | ||
| 1928–1930 | Barrow | 77 | (1) |
| 1930–1934 | Bradford Park Avenue | 97 | (15) |
| 1934–1943 | Arsenal | 168 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 1935–1937 | England | 8 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1956–1958 | Arsenal | ||
| 1958–1961 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William John "Jack" Crayston (9 October 1910 – December 1992) was an English football player and manager.
Born in Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, Crayston played for local school sides and Ulverston Town before moving to Third Division North Barrow in 1928. He spent two seasons there before moving to Second Division Bradford (Park Avenue), where he developed into a strong and aerially powerful right-half.
Despite breaking both his wrist and leg in 1933–34, Crayston was signed by First Division champions Arsenal in 1934 as a replacement for Charlie Jones. He scored on his competitive debut in an 8–1 thrashing of Liverpool on 1 September 1934 and became a regular in the Arsenal side straight away, largely pushing Frank Hill out of the right-half spot. With Arsenal he won the League championship in 1934–35 and 1937–38, and the FA Cup in 1935–36.
During this time, Crayston also became an England international; he made his debut in a 3–1 win against Germany on 4 December 1935, and in all won eight caps for his country between 1935 and 1937, scoring one goal. His final cap came in a 5-4 win against Czechoslovakia on 1 December 1937.
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