Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1869)

Jack Reynolds
Reynolds with Aston Villa in 1897
Personal information
Full name John Reynolds
Date of birth (1869-02-21)21 February 1869
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 12 March 1917(1917-03-12) (aged 48)
Place of death Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
Witton
1884–1885 Blackburn Rovers
1886 Blackburn Park Road
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886–1889 East Lancashire Regiment
1888–1890 Distillery
1890–1891 Ulster
1891–1892 West Bromwich Albion 17 (2)
1892 Droitwich Town
1892–1893 West Bromwich Albion 20 (1)
1893–1897 Aston Villa 96 (17)
1897 Celtic 4 (1)
1898 Southampton 2 (0)
1898–1899 Bristol St George
1899–1902 Royston F.C. (Yorkshire)
1902–1903 Grafton F.C. (New Zealand)
1903 Stockport County 1 (0)
1904–1905 Willesden Town
International career
1890–1891 Ireland 5 (1)
1892–1897 England 8 (2)
1890s English League XI 4
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Reynolds (21 February 1869 – 12 March 1917)[2] was a footballer who played for, among others, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Celtic. He was the first player to represent both Ireland and England internationally.

Reynolds won the FA Cup with West Bromwich Albion in 1892 and was a prominent member of the successful Aston Villa team of the 1890s, winning three English League titles and two FA Cups, including a double in 1897.

As an international he played five times for Ireland before it emerged that he was actually English and he subsequently played eight times for England. He is the only player to score for and against England (barring own goals) and was the only player to play for both Ireland and England until Declan Rice did so 120 years later.[3]

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. p. 191. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
  2. ^ "England players: Jack Reynolds". englandfootballonline. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ Walker, Michael (9 March 2019). "Before Declan Rice, only one man had played for Ireland and England". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 September 2020.