John Jack Explained

John Jack
Fullname:John Jack[1]
Position:Centre half
Birth Name:Jonas Kaduskevieche[2]
Birth Date:9 March 1932
Birth Place:Bellshill, Scotland
Death Place:Bellshill, Scotland
Years1:
Clubs1:Stonehouse Violet
Years2:1950–1959
Clubs2:Celtic
Caps2:48
Goals2:0
Years3:1959–1960
Clubs3:Morton
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John Jack (9 March 1932 – 22 October 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Morton.

At Celtic, where he spent nine years, he was mainly a reserve behind Jim Mallan, Alec Boden and Jock Stein, with Bobby Evans also being asked to fill in rather than calling upon the inexperienced Jack even in minor competitions. However he did feature regularly in the 1956–57 season,[3] during which he won the Scottish League Cup with the Hoops overcoming Partick Thistle in the final after a replay to win that competition for the first time.[4] When Stein retired and took over the reserve team, Jack assisted until he departed in 1959, spending a short period with Morton.

Born Jonas Kaduskevieche,[2] he was one of four Scots of Lithuanian descent to play for the club between the 1930s and 1960s, all of them defenders,[5] [6] the most famous being Billy McNeill who joined as a teenager in 1957 and quickly overtook Jack in the queue for team selection.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Jack&surname_so=syn&forename=John%20&forename_so=syn&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&sex=M&birth_year=1932&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results
  2. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=kaduskevieche&surname_so=syn&forename_so=syn&record_type=stat_births Statutory registers - Births - Search results
  3. https://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2599 (Celtic player) Jack, John)
  4. Web site: Celtic win League Cup for first time . The Herald. Glasgow. 1 November 1956. The Celtic Wiki. 30 October 2018.
  5. https://thecelticstar.com/matt-corr-and-they-gave-us-james-mcgrory-and-danny-dawson/6/ And they gave us James McGrory and Danny Dawson
  6. https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/ever-footballer-has-a-story-especially-if-he-played-for-celtic/?cmpredirect Every footballer has a story, especially if he played for Celtic