Jack Cox	Liverpool FC 3 appearances, 0 goals P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 F 6: A 4 50% successful 1901-03 captain: none minutes played: 270
Timeline
	John Thomas Cox
Birth	21 December 1877 at 266 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in Liverpool, March 1878]. As stated on his birth certificate. However, the 1939 Register states his birthdate as 21 November.
Baptism	17 May 1885 at St. Cuthbert's Church, Everton, Liverpool, living at 3 Vienna Street, Everton, Baptism by J.M. Walton. His baptism states his birthdate as 21 November.
	According to the 1881 census, John is the second of three children to Irish parents William and Sarah and they live 43 Robson Street in Everton, West Derby. His father is a bootmaker.
	According to the 1891 census, John and his younger brother William, are living with their widowed mother, Sarah, at 54 Albert Street in Layton with Warbeck, Blackpool. They have three lodgers. His mother is a washerwoman.
	According to the 1901 census, and now a footballer, John and William, are still living with their widowed mother at 14 Duke Street in Blackpool.
Marriage	to Elizabeth Ann Barrett [registered in Fylde, June 1910]. His older sister Ellen also got married at the same time, to John Henry Penswick.
	According to the 1911 census, John Thomas is a professional footballer married to Elizabeth Ann with one daughter, Marjorie Barrett, living at 2 Oxford Road in Blackpool.
	According to the 1921 census, John Thomas, now a commission agent, still married, and with one more daughter, Mollie. They live with his wife's mother, Ann, at 55 Raikes Road in Blackpool.
	According to the 1939 register, John and Elizabeth A. remain married, living at 37 Park Road Drive in Blackburn. He is a retired Turf Commissioner Agent.
Death	11 November 1955 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, aged 77 years 325 days [registered in Surrey NW, December 1955].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. Extra information from the excellent LFCHistory.net &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his career in Blackpool with South Shore Standard FC, and joined South Shore FC, joining rivals Blackpool FC in 1897. After seventeen league appearances, scoring twelve, Liverpool FC signed Cox in February 1898 for £150. Cox then signed for Fulham FC on 10 May 1904, despite Liverpool offering him the maximum wage, a house in Blackpool and a season's rail ticket, but the reason for the transfer, according to Cox, was so he could be near his girlfriend in London, his papers were cancelled by the Football Association, as it was insufficient reasoning, he eventually re-signed for Liverpool FC on 29 June 1904 and completed 327 league appearances, where he scored 27 goals. Joined Blackpool, becoming their captain (with management responsibilities) in June 1909. He retired two years later following 68 league appearances, scoring six.
Club honours	Football League Champions 1900-01, 1905-06; Football League Division Two winners 1904-05;
Individual honours	Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions	Won the 100 yards Footballer's Race organised by Dundee FC in both 1902 and runner-up to Jack Parkinson in 1905. Cox was also a capable greens bowler. Having won two tournaments in Blackpool, the Talbot and Waterloo in 1925, the first player to do so.
Height/Weight	5' 9", 11st. 7lbs [1901].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of five who became the 257th players (261) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-left
First match	No. 71, 9 March 1901, England 3 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The Dell, Milton Road, The Common, Southampton, aged 23 years 78 days.
Last match	No. 79, 4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland 2, a British Championship match at Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 25 years 104 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1900-01, shared 1902-03;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
Beyond England
Settled in Blackpool and concentrated his talents on Bowling. - various newspaper reports

Jack Cox - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
4	3	3	270	0	0 min	0	none	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Jack Cox - Match History
Club: Liverpool F.C. - 3 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 3 full capsx
Age 23
1	71	9 March 1901 - England 3 Ireland 0, The Dell, Southampton	BC	HW	Start	ol
Age 24
void		5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1, Ibrox Park, Glasgow	BC	AD	Start	ol
2	76	3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2, Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham		HD	Start	ol
Age 25
3	79	4 April 1903 - England 1 Scotland 2, Bramall Lane, Sheffield	BC	HL	Start	ol

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