Jack Shufflebotham | |
Fullname: | John Shufflebotham |
Position: | Centre half |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1885 |
Birth Place: | Macclesfield, England |
Death Place: | Weston-super-Mare, England |
Clubs1: | Hanley Town |
Clubs2: | Loughborough Corinthians |
Years3: | 1903–1904 |
Clubs3: | Aston Villa |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1904–1905 |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1905 |
Clubs5: | Old Hill |
Years6: | 1905–1907 |
Caps6: | 1 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 1907–1909 |
Caps7: | 7 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 1909–1911 |
Clubs8: | Portsmouth |
Years9: | 1911–1914 |
Clubs9: | Southport Central |
John Shufflebotham (11 April 1885 – 4 May 1951) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County, Birmingham and Oldham Athletic.[1] He played as a centre half.
Shufflebotham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire.[1] He played for Hanley Town and Loughborough Corinthians, and was on the books of Aston Villa without appearing for the first team,[2] before making his debut in the First Division of the Football League for Notts County during the 1904–05 season.[1] After a spell with Old Hill Shufflebotham returned to the First Division, playing one game for Birmingham in 1906 before moving on to Oldham Athletic, newly elected to the Second Division.[3] He played seven league games for Oldham,[1] but was allowed to leave for Southern League club Portsmouth in 1909. Oldham retained his Football League registration, and two years later they sold him to Southport Central for a fee of £150. He retired from football in October 1914.[4]
Shufflebotham worked as a timber merchant's agent in the Birmingham area both before and after the First World War.[4] He died in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1951 at the age of 66.[5] [6]