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English footballer

Jack Blackman
Personal information
Full name John James Blackman
Date of birth (1911-11-25)25 November 1911
Place of birth Bermondsey, England
Date of death December 1987 (1988-01) (aged 76)
Place of death Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Weston United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1935 Queens Park Rangers 108 (62)
1935–1946 Crystal Palace 99 (52)
1946–1947 Guildford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John James Blackman (25 November 1911 – December 1987) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers as a forward. He also played non-league football for Guildford City.

Playing career

Blackman began his senior career at Queens Park Rangers and in October 1935, signed for Crystal Palace, then playing in the Football League Third Division South. He made a goal-scoring debut in November in a home 5–0 win against Millwall and went on to make 27 appearances that season scoring 19 times. Blackman made 29 appearances in each of the next two seasons scoring 12 and 16 goals respectively and 14 appearances (5 goals) in 1938–9. Regular league football was then suspended due to World War II but Blackman went on to play Wartime League football for Palace up until 1946. In May 1946, Blackman moved on to Guildford City and remained with the club for one season. After retiring from football, he served as a trainer and physiotherapist at Millwall in the 1960s.

Personal life

Blackman died in 1987, aged 76.

References

  1. ^ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. "Palace out for championship. No lack of enterprise at Selhurst". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
  3. King, Ian (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 532. ISBN 9781780910468.
  4. Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 318.
  5. Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 164-165.
  6. Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 166-171.
  7. Purkiss & Sands 1989, p. 172-185.
Bibliography

Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. Breedon Books. ISBN 0907969542.

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