Harry Jackson | |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1918 |
Death Place: | Blackburn, England |
Birth Place: | Blackburn, England |
Position: | Centre forward |
Youthclubs1: | Darwen |
Years1: | 1942–1946 |
Years2: | 1946–1948 |
Years3: | 1948–1949 |
Years4: | 1949 |
Years5: | 1949–1950 |
Clubs1: | Burnley |
Clubs2: | Manchester City |
Clubs3: | Preston North End |
Clubs4: | Blackburn Rovers |
Clubs5: | Chester |
Clubs6: | Hyde United |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 8 |
Caps3: | 18 |
Caps4: | 1 |
Caps5: | 21 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 10 |
Totalcaps: | 48 |
Totalgoals: | 17 |
Harry 'Jacko' Jackson (1918 – 1984) was a footballer who played as a centre forward or inside forward in the Football League for Manchester City, Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers and Chester. He also appeared for a variety of clubs as a 'guest' player during the war including Accrington Stanley, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford whilst being stationed around London and the South Coast serving in the Royal Navy.
In the 1948–49 season he scored 4 goals in 4 appearances for Mossley.[1]
After his time with Chester he played for Hyde United, Ashton United, Nelson and Clitheroe.