Jack Eastham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Bilborough Eastham | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Date of death | 3 May 1932 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Stalybridge, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | St Peter's School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900–1905 | Blackburn Rovers | 48 | (0) |
| 1905–1906 | Glossop | 26 | (0) |
| 1906–1912 | Southampton | 161 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Bilborough "Jack" Eastham (1883 – 3 May 1932) was an English footballer who spent most of his career with Blackburn Rovers and then Southampton playing as a full back.
Eastham was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in early 1883 and joined his local club, Blackburn Rovers in the First Division in March 1900, aged 17. He broke into the first-team during the 1901–02 season and in the following season became a regular at left-back, partnering England international Bob Crompton.
In 1903–04, the arrival of Scottish international Jock Cameron from St Mirren restricted Eastham's appearances and he spent the entire 1904–05 season in the reserves.
In September 1905, Eastham moved to Glossop where he played in either full-back position, making 26 appearances as the club finished near the foot of the Second Division table.
Eastham moved to the south coast in May 1906, when he was persuaded to join Southampton, who had finished as runners-up in the Southern League in the 1905–06 season. He made an anonymous start to his career at The Dell but by the end of the 1906–07 season he had taken over the right-back position from Bill Clarke, whose career had ended following a serious knee injury. Eastham scored his first goal for the Saints in a 2–1 defeat of Bristol Rovers in the final match of the season.
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