Jack Kirwan
Irish football player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the rugby league and rugby union player, see Jack Kirwan (rugby).
John Henry Kirwan (December 2 1872 – 7 January 1959) was an Irish football player and coach. As a player, he was described as an out and out winger with good pace and skills, playing as an outside-left for, among others, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Ireland. He had previously played Gaelic football for Dublin. As a football coach he became the first professional manager of Dutch side Ajax. He was the last survivor of the Tottenham team that won the 1901 FA Cup.
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Full name | John Henry Kirwan | ||
Date of birth | December 2, 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Dunlavin, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||
Date of death | January 7, 1959 (aged 86) | ||
Place of death | London, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
189x–1898 | Southport Central | ||
1898–1899 | Everton | 24 | (5) |
1899–1905 | Tottenham Hotspur | 154 | (39) |
1905–1908 | Chelsea | 73 | (15) |
1908–1909 | Clyde | ||
1909–1910 | Leyton | 49 | (6) |
International career | |||
1900–1909 | Ireland | 17 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1910–1915 | Ajax Amsterdam | ||
1920–21 | Bohemians | ||
1923–24 | A.S.Livorno | ||
1924–25 | Bohemians | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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