Jack Gregory (footballer, born 1926)

For the Southampton full back, see Jack Gregory (footballer, born 1925).

Jack Gregory
Personal information
Full name John Ernest Gregory[1]
Date of birth (1926-09-24)24 September 1926[1]
Place of birth Shoreditch,[1] London, England
Date of death 10 October 1995(1995-10-10) (aged 69)[1]
Place of death Horsham,[1] England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Bromley
1951–1953 West Ham United 24 (6)
1953–1957 Scunthorpe United 147 (63)
1957–1958 Aldershot 6 (2)
1958–19?? St Neots Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Ernest Gregory (24 September 1926 – 10 October 1995) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1950s. He played in the Football League for West Ham United, Scunthorpe United and Aldershot and in non-league football for Bromley and St Neots Town.[2] He top-scored in his first season with Scunthorpe, and scored more than 20 goals in each of the next two seasons.[3]

Gregory's son John played six times for England and went on to a managerial career.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Jack Gregory". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Jack Gregory". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The Iron Alphabet". Scunthorpe United F.C. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008.
  4. ^ "John Gregory factfile". The Guardian. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2016.