Jack Hill (footballer, born 1897)

Jack Hill

Personal information
Full name	John Henry Hill
Date of birth	(1897-03-02)2 March 1897
Place of birth	Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England
Date of death	April 1972 (aged 75)
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1920	Durham City	?	(?)
1920–1923	Plymouth Argyle	101	(10)
1923–1928	Burnley	184	(13)
1928–1931	Newcastle United	74	(2)
1931	Bradford City	8	(1)
1931–1934	Hull City	94	(2)
National team
1925–1929	England	11	(0)
Teams managed
1934–1936	Hull City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John "Jack" Henry Hill (2 March 1897 – April 1972) was an English footballer who played in his club career with various teams, including Burnley and Newcastle United between 1920 and 1934. He made eleven appearances for England, eight as captain. He subsequently played for, and then managed, Hull City.

Hill was born at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham and, after playing junior football in and around Durham whilst working as a coal-miner, he joined Durham City in 1919.

After a brief period, he moved in September 1920 to Devon to join Plymouth Argyle, who had recently been admitted to the Football League Third Division. He remained for three seasons at Home Park, in the last two of which Argyle finished as runners-up in the (now) Third Division South missing out on the single promotion place available firstly to Southampton on goal difference and then to Bristol City.

In May 1923, he was sold to First Division Burnley for a fee of £5,450. After representing the Football League on three occasions, he received his first England call up for a British Home Championship match in Wales on 28 February 1925. In this match he played at right-half, with Charlie Spencer in the centre. England ran out 2–1 victors, with goals from Frank Roberts.

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