John Victor Beby was an English footballer who made 157 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Gillingham, Leicester City, Bristol Rovers, Darlington and Exeter City in the 1920s and 1930s.
10 Facts About Jack Beby
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Apart from his military duties, Jack Beby represented his regiment in the shot put, and played cricket, primarily as a bowler, for his regiment and for the Household Brigade.
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Jack Beby died in Chatham, Kent, in 1976 at the age of 68.
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Jack Beby returned to football with Third Division South club Gillingham in 1929.
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Jack Beby began his Leicester career in their reserve team, but impressed when he came into the first team at the start of the new season.
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Jack Beby remained a Leicester player until the 1932 close season, perhaps because the asking price was too high; in August, in response to an application by the player, the Football League reduced the fee, and Beby left the club.
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Jack Beby's playing career wound down in non-league football with Ashington, Vickers Aviation and Shorts Sports.
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From 1948 to 1951, Jack Beby was manager of Greek club AEK Athens.
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Jack Beby introduced shirt numbering, which had not previously been used in Greece, and set the team up to play in the WM formation, the system then generally used in Britain.
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Jack Beby led the team to consecutive victories in the Greek Cup, in 1949 and 1950, before leaving the club suddenly in 1951.