Jack Forrest (footballer, born 1892) explained

Jack Forrest
Fullname:	James Henry Forrest^[1]
Birth Date:	1892
Birth Place:	Shildon, England
Height:	^[2]
Position:	Right half
Clubs1:	Sunderland West End
Years2:	–1913
Clubs2:	Houghton Rovers
Years3:	1913–1920
Clubs3:	Clapton Orient
Caps3:	126
Goals3:	10
Years4:	1922–1923
Clubs4:	Northampton Town
Caps4:	2
Goals4:	0
Clubs5:	Spennymoor United

James Henry Forrest was an English professional footballer who made over 120 appearances as a right half in the Football League for Clapton Orient. He also played league football for Northampton Town.^[3]

Personal life

Forrest served as a gunner in the British Army during the First World War.^[4]

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Clapton Orient	1914–15^[5]	Second Division	31	2	1	0	32	2
Career total			31	2	1	0	32	2

Honours

Sunderland West End

• Monkwearmouth Charity Cup

Notes and References

1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 9781905891610 . Third edition, with revisions . Toton, Nottingham . 101 . 841581272.
2. News: 18 August 1913 . The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Clapton Orient . 5 . Athletic News . Manchester . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
3. Web site: Forrest James "Jack" Clapton Orient 1920 . 13 May 2021 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
4. Web site: Our her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208163558/https://www.leytonorient.com/2018/11/07/world-war-i-part-2/ . 8 December 2021 . 11 March 2019 . www.leytonorient.com . en-gb.
5. Web site: Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15 . 11 March 2019 . Football and the First World War . en.