Jack Calvey |
Nottingham Forest FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1:
A 0
100% successful
1902
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
Full name |
John Calvey |
Born |
23 June 1875 in Stockton-on-Tees, county Durham [registered in
Stockton, June 1875]. This 1875-born Calvey seems to have died
in 1945 in Cleveland, according to Death Registrations. The same source
states that the 1937-died Calvey in Poplar was born in 1877. Yet
there is no other Calvey born in Teesside at that time, as his 1901/11
census confirm he was born there. To further complicate the issue...
The South Bank born John Calvey named his son John Neal, Neal was the name
of the Stockton-born Calvey's father. |
Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
John is the younger brother of Thomas, both to Irishman Neal and Mary
Thomas, living at 28 Eston Junction in Eston, Middlesbrough. With one
servant and five Irish boarders. |
According to the 1891 census,
15 year-old John is now the eldest of two children still with parents at
22 Branch Street in Normanby, Middlesbrough. He and his father are general
labourers. With one servant and two Irish boarders. |
According to the 1901 census,
J. is now a professional footballer who is visiting W.H.Phillips at 160
White Horse Street in Limehouse, London. |
According to the 1911 census,
John, now married to Mrs E. (thats what it says!), with one son, John
Neal, living in 5 Dunkeld Street, Bromley, London. He is a stevedore
(dockworker). The London Electoral Rolls confirm John and Julia
Calvey were living at 9 Aberfeldy Street in Tower Hamlets, Poplar between
1920 and 1937. |
Married |
to Julia Regan
[registered in Poplar, June 1910]. |
Died |
January 1937, aged
60 years nk days
[registered in Poplar, March 1937]. |
Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
12lbs [1902]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
Played for
local side South Bank FC Juniors in Middlesbrough. He joined Millwall
Athletic FC as a professional in 1895. Joined Nottingham Forest FC in May
1899 and returned to London who became the a dockworker, but also signed with Millwall
Athletic on 15 September 1904. |
Club honours |
Ellis Cup
winners 1888-89, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1892-93. |
Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
Distinctions |
Shares the
Northern League goal scoring record of ten goals in 21-0 victory for South
Bank FC v North Skelton Rovers FC in 1895. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Communigate.co.uk |
England Career |
Player number |
275th
player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-forward,
although he was picked out of position for his solitary England
appearance |
Only match |
No. 75, 22 March 1902, Ireland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral, Belfast, aged
26 years
272 days. |
Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1901-02 |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
Later a dock worker in Poplar. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.57. |