Jack Fountain

Jack Fountain
Personal information
Full name John Fountain
Date of birth (1932-05-27)27 May 1932
Place of birth Leeds, England
Date of death August 2012 (aged 80)
Place of death Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ashley Road
1949–1957 Sheffield United 31 (0)
1957–1960 Swindon Town 81 (2)
1960–1963 York City 130 (3)
Total 242 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

John "Jack" Fountain (27 May 1932 - August 2012) was an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half for Sheffield United, Swindon Town and York City. He received a prison sentence in 1964 for his part in the betting scandal which shook British football in the early 1960s.[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Jack Fountain". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  2. "Gaol Sentences On Ten Footballers. Gauld Given Four Years And Told To Pay £5,000". The Times. 27 January 1965. p. 5.
  3. "Jack Fountain". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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