Jack Froggatt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 November 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 February 1993 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | England | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1954 | Portsmouth | 279 | (65) |
| 1954–1957 | Leicester City | 143 | (18) |
| 1957–1963 | Kettering Town | 220 | (57) |
| National team | |||
| 1949–1953 | England | 13 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1958–1961 | Kettering Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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'Jolly' Jack Froggatt (17 November 1922 – 17 February 1993) was an English football player.
Coming from a footballing family, Froggatt started his football career in 1945, whilst in the RAF. Froggatt's uncle, Frank and cousin, Redfern Froggatt both played for Sheffield Wednesday, with the latter racking up 434 games for The Owls.
Previously working in his fathers butcher shop, the Sheffield-born winger signed for Pompey as a centre-half but managed to persuade manager Jack Tinn to play him as an outside-left. Froggatt crowned his Pompey debut in 1945 with a second-half goal at The Dell in a War League South match with Southampton and went on to become a regular goalscorer. He had alarming speed, excellent ball control and was very strong in the air, making him one of the most versatile players Pompey have ever had.
A stocky player, who was known for his robust running and sharp shooting, 'Jolly Jack' earned his first England cap on 6 November 1949, where he scored on his international debut, from the outside-left position in a 9-2 victory over Northern Ireland at Maine Road.
For his Club, Froggatt formed part of the formidable trio with Jimmy Scoular and Jimmy Dickinson, which was often seen as the most powerful half-back line in immediate post-war football as Pompey won consecutive first division titles in 1948–49 and 1949–50.
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