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10 Facts About Jack Barker

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John William Barker was an English footballer who played 327 league games for Derby County and won 11 England caps.

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Jack Barker played in their great pre-war team under George Jobey when Derby were rarely outside the top six.

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Jack Barker represented Derby in 327 league games but never won any silverware with the club.

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Jack Barker won his first cap against Wales on 29 September 1934.

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Jack Barker was steering City to a high position in Division Three when he resigned in January 1947 after just eight months in charge.

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Jack Barker's reign was the shortest in City's history at the time.

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Jack Barker had a brief spell in charge of Irish club, Dundalk before he returned to Derby to work for Rolls-Royce.

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Jack Barker moved to be trainer-coach at Oldham Athletic in 1948.

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Jack Barker resigned to go back to work in Derby, as a fitter's mate at the Carriage and Wagon railway works in Derby.

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Jack Barker died in 1982 just before his 76th birthday following a fight against cancer and a spinal problem.