Jack Lyon | |
Fullname: | John Lyon |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1893 |
Birth Place: | Prescot, England |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | –1912 |
Clubs1: | Prescot Athletic |
Years2: | 1913–1919 |
Clubs2: | Hull City |
Caps2: | 37 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Years3: | 1920–1921 |
Clubs3: | Leeds United |
Caps3: | 33 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 1921–1923 |
Clubs4: | Prescot |
Years5: | 1923–1924 |
Clubs5: | New Brighton |
Caps5: | 28 |
Goals5: | 5 |
Years6: | 1924–1926 |
Clubs6: | Mold Town |
Years7: | 1926–1927 |
Clubs7: | Prescot |
Height: | 1.79m[1] |
Manageryears1: | 1926–1927 |
Managerclubs1: | Prescot |
John Lyon (3 November 1893 – 1975) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Hull City, Leeds United and New Brighton.[2] [3] [4] He ended his career with a player-manager spell at Prescot, a non-League club with whom he had had a long association.[5]
Lyon's older brother Sam also became a footballer.[6]
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Hull City | 1913–14[7] | Second Division | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
1914–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
1919–20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||
Total | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |||
Leeds United | 1920–21[8] | Second Division | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
Career total | 70 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 9 |
Mold Town