Jack Sharp (Scottish footballer)

For the Hibernian player, see John Sharp (footballer).

Jack Sharp
Personal information
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915–1916 Bathgate
1916–1922 Heart of Midlothian 154 (24)
1922–1924 Albion Rovers 57 (9)
1924–1925 Bathgate 30 (7)
Total 241 (40)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Sharp was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as a inside left. The bulk of his career (seven seasons) was spent with Heart of Midlothian,[1] with the closest he came to winning a trophy being an appearance on the losing side in the final of the 1919 Victory Cup[2][3] (although a one-off wartime competition, this had some prestige as it was held after World War I had ended, and the regular Scottish Cup was not contested during the war years). Sharp also played for Albion Rovers, and bookended his time in the senior leagues with spells at Bathgate.[4]

  1. ^ John (Jack) Sharp, London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. ^ "Victory Cup". StMirren.info. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Sat 26 Apr 1919; St Mirren 3 Hearts 0 AET". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)