John George Peart was an English footballer who played centre forward for 13 different teams, in a career which spanned World War I After he retired he became a football manager until his death in 1948.
11 Facts About Jack Peart
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Jack Peart played for eight league clubs in a career which spanned 19 years and every division of the English Football League.
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Jack Peart played non-league football in the Southern and Welsh leagues, as well as guesting for other clubs during the First World War.
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Jack Peart left Adelaide South Shields to sign with First Division side Sheffield United in 1907.
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Jack Peart claimed hat-tricks against Dudley Town, Wolves Reserves, Treharris Athletic, and Kettering Town, and finished as the club's joint top-scorer despite only playing in the first half of the season.
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Jack Peart scored 71 goals in 107 appearances at Elland Road.
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Jack Peart scored one goals in nine league games, before departing the Baseball Ground.
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Jack Peart spent a short period as player-manager at Ebbw Vale, before managing Rochdale from 1923 to 1930.
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Jack Peart left Rochdale to become manager of Bradford City, taking over from the club's most successful manager, Peter O'Rourke, in July 1930.
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Jack Peart was still manager at the time of his death in September 1948, a month before his 60th birthday.
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Jack Peart was married to Margaret Joan Fraser; their son was the doctor and clinical researcher Sir Stanley Jack Peart.