Jack Zealley | |
Fullname: | Walter John Zealley |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1874 |
Birth Place: | Bothenhampton, Dorset, England |
Death Place: | Weymouth, Dorset, England |
Position: | Inside-left |
Years1: | 1892–1910 |
Clubs1: | Bridport |
Clubs2: | Upton Park |
Nationalyears1: | 1900 |
Nationalteam1: | Great Britain |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Walter John Zealley (2 November 1874 – 15 May 1956) was an English footballer who played as an inside-left. He represented Great Britain at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a gold medal as a member of Upton Park club team. He scored one goal.[1]
Zealley was a dairy farmer, working on the family farm in Dorset, and a Sergeant in the Dorset Yeomanry. His brother, Arthur, played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset.[1] [2]
He played as an amateur with Bridport, where he scored 73 goals in 226 appearances between 1899 and 1908. He regularly joined Upton Park for annual tours of Britain, the Channel Islands and France.[1] [2]