Jimmy Jewell (association football) explained

Arthur James Jewell (1898–1952), also known as A. J. Jewell, was an English association football manager and referee who during his career coached Norwich City in 1939.[1]

Jewell was born in West Hampstead, London in 1898.[2] During the First World War, he served in the Royal Naval Air Service and became one of the first pilots of the Royal Air Force in 1918.[3]

He refereed in the 1938 FA Cup Final as well as seventeen international matches,[4] including a game between Austria and Egypt in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[5]

During the Second World War, he served as an RAF Physical Fitness Officer.[6]

He became a television commentator for the BBC in 1947 and commentated during the 1948 Summer Olympics as well as five FA Cup Finals before his sudden death in 1952.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bob Young's managerial career. Soccerbase. 2008-03-31. 2 January 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050102204329/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=727. live.
  2. News: Hidden letter hints at Canary boss Jimmy 'AJ' Jewell's England past. BBC News . 24 August 2019 . 24 Aug 2019.
  3. Web site: Radio Times – Television Commentators at the Olympic Games. . 2015-11-30.
  4. Web site: Radio Times – Television Commentators at the Olympic Games. . 2015-11-30.
  5. Web site: Austria - Egypt. FIFA. 4 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Radio Times – Television Commentators at the Olympic Games. . 2015-11-30.
  7. Web site: Radio Times – Television Commentators at the Olympic Games. . 2015-11-30.