Jack Palethorpe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Thomas Palethorpe | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 June 1984 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Slough, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maidenhead United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1933 | Reading | 59 | (54) |
| 1933–1934 | Stoke City | 21 | (11) |
| 1933–1934 | Preston North End | 24 | (15) |
| 1934–1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | (13) |
| 1935–1936 | Aston Villa | 6 | (2) |
| 1936–1938 | Crystal Palace | 39 | (11) |
| 1938–1939 | Chelmsford City | 36 | (31) |
| – | Shorts Sports | ||
| – | Colchester United | ||
| Total | 213 | (137) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Thomas "Jack" Palethorpe (23 November 1909 – 6 June 1984) was an English professional footballer who played for Reading, Stoke City, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. He was a tall Centre forward who scored 106 League goals (113 including FA Cup) in a career which lasted from 1929 to 1938, making 177 League appearances (197 including FA Cup).
Palethorpe was born in Leicester on 23 November 1909 he trained to be a shoemaker before concentrating on football. He played Non-League football for Maidenhead United in the Spartan League in the 1929–30 season compiling the outstanding record of 65 goals in 39 appearances in his only full season at York Road.
He signed professionally for Reading for the following term and had two good full seasons at Elm Park scoring 54 goals in 59 League appearances. In March 1932 Jack scored a hat-trick in just seven minutes as Reading beat Mansfield Town 7-1. This was a record until Trevor Senior scored three goals in four minutes 50 years later. Jack helped Reading finish runners up in Division Three South in the 1931-32 campaign.
Towards the end of the 1932–33 season Palethorpe transferred to Stoke City and his eight goals in 10 matches helped them win the Second Division championship and promotion to the First Division. Palethorpe’s first taste of top flight football the following season only lasted for 11 games as he switched to Second Division leaders Preston North End who hoped he would do a similar job to what he did at Stoke and guarantee promotion. Palethorpe formed a fine goalscoring partnership with George Stephenson ensuring that Preston gained promotion as runners-up. However the following season he lost his place to Bud Maxwell and in December 1934 he joined Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £3,100.
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