Jack Howarth (footballer) explained

Jack Howarth
Birth Date:27 February 1945
Birth Place:Crook, County Durham, England
Position:Centre forward
Youthclubs1:Stanley United
Years1:1963–1964
Clubs1:Chelsea
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1964–1965
Clubs2:Swindon Town
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:1965–1972
Clubs3:Aldershot
Caps3:259
Goals3:113
Years4:1972–1973
Clubs4:Rochdale
Caps4:40
Goals4:12
Years5:1973–1977
Clubs5:Aldershot
Caps5:163
Goals5:58
Years6:1977–1978
Clubs6:Bournemouth
Caps6:42
Goals6:6
Years7:1978
Clubs7:Southport
Caps7:9
Goals7:1
Years8:1978
Clubs8:Southern California Lazers
Caps8:20
Goals8:6
Clubs9:Basingstoke Town
Clubs10:Andover
Clubs11:Romsey Town
Totalcaps:535
Totalgoals:196

Jack Howarth (born 27 February 1945) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Active in England and the United States, Howarth made over 500 appearances in the Football League, scoring nearly 200 goals. His 171 league goals for Aldershot is a club record.

Career

Born in Crook, County Durham, Howarth began his career with local side Stanley United. He signed professional forms with Chelsea in 1963, but never made an appearance for them, and moved to Swindon Town a year later. Howarth also played in the Football League for Aldershot, Rochdale, Bournemouth and Southport, before moving to the United States to play for the Southern California Lazers of the second division American Soccer League.[1] [2]

He has a place in the history of the original Aldershot side (which was founded in 1926 and went bankrupt in 1992, having been Football League members since 1932), having scored a record 196 goals for the club in all competitions.[3]

Howarth later returned to England to play non-league football with Basingstoke Town, Andover and Romsey Town.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1978 Southern California Lazers. 11 December 2012. Fun While It Lasted. 3 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 1978 Southern California Lazers Statistics. Stats Crew. 3 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Aldershot FC 1926-1992 (Liquidated) - Aldershot Town Football Club History . 22 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110406175744/http://www.theshots.co.uk/AldershotFC.ink . 6 April 2011 .