Jack Curtis (footballer, born 1888)

John Joseph Curtis (13 December 1888 – 8 March 1955) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Gainsborough Trinity, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Stockport County and Middlesbrough as an outside left.[1] He is best remembered for his four-year spell with Tottenham Hotspur between 1909 and 1913 and later coached in the Netherlands.[4][5]

Jack Curtis
Curtis while with Tottenham Hotspur in 1910.
Personal information
Full name John Joseph Curtis[1]
Date of birth (1888-12-13)13 December 1888[1]
Place of birth South Bank, England[1]
Date of death 8 March 1955(1955-03-08) (aged 66)[2]
Place of death Wimbledon, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1905 Eston United
1905–1906 South Bank St Peters
1906–1907 Sunderland 1 (0)
1907 South Bank
1907–1908 Shildon Athletic
1908–1909 Gainsborough Trinity 30 (2)
1909–1913 Tottenham Hotspur 82 (5)
1913–1914 Fulham 2 (0)
1914–1915 Brentford 14 (1)
1915–1919 Stockport County 15 (1)
1915–1916 → Brentford (guest) 13 (0)
1919–1920 Middlesbrough 5 (0)
Shildon Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

An outside left, Curtis began his career with spells at non-League clubs Eston United, South Bank St Peters, South Bank, Shildon Athletic,[1][6] a period which was bisected by an unsuccessful spell with First Division club Sunderland during the 1906–07 season.[7] Curtis joined Second Division club Gainsborough Trinity in 1908 and scored two goals in 30 league appearances, before joining divisional rivals Tottenham Hotspur the following year.[1] Almost immediately after Curtis joined the club, promotion to the First Division was achieved and he went on to score five goals in 89 appearances during just over five years at White Hart Lane.[8] After leaving White Hart Lane in 1913, Curtis had spells at Fulham, Brentford,[9] Stockport County and Middlesbrough, before rejoining Shildon Athletic in 1920, where he ended his career.[1][10]

Personal life

Curtis enlisted as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery in early 1915 during the First World War.[2] He served with the 36th Battery of the 1A Reserve Brigade.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1906–07[7] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tottenham Hotspur 1908–09[8] Second Division 2 1 — 2 1
1909–10[8] First Division 37 3 4 0 41 3
1910–11[8] 30 1 3 0 33 1
1911–12[8] 9 0 0 0 9 0
1912–13[8] 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 82 5 7 0 89 5
Fulham 1913–14[11] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Brentford 1914–15[9] Southern League Second Division 14 1 2 0 16 1
Stockport County 1914–15[12] Second Division 15 1 — 15 1
Middlesbrough 1919–20[8] First Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 119 7 9 0 128 7

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 73. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 3 November 2015. p. 62.
  3. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "De Graafschap-bode : nieuws- en advertentieblad voor stad- en ambt-Doetinchem, Hummelo en Keppel, Wehl, Zeddam, 's Heerenberg, Ulft, Gendringen, Sillevolde, Terborg, Varsseveld, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Breedevoorde, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, Neede, Eibergen, Bor". Delpher (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. "Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant". Delpher (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. "Curtis Jack Tottenham Hotspur 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  7. "1906–07 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  8. "John Curtis". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  9. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 363. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  11. "John Curtis". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  12. Watts, Ian. "Jack Curtis County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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