Full name John Landells Career end 1938 Years Team Career start 1925 | Playing position Role Footballer Date of birth 11 November 1904 Name Jack Landells Position Forward | |
Place of birth Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England | ||
John 'Jack' Landells (11 November 1904– unknown) was an English association footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Landells played for Millwall, West Ham United, Bristol City, Carlisle United, Walsall and Clapton Orient. He signed for Millwall from amateur Essex club Grays Thurrock. He played eight years for Millwall, from 1925 to 1933 where he scored a total of 71 goals in 184 appearances in all competitions. He is Millwall's 8th all-time leading scorer. He played for the "Professionals" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield. He left in the summer of 1933 to join their rivals West Ham. He only played with them for a season, scoring four goals in 22 games. He left to join Bristol City, where he enjoyed FA Cup giant killing success in his first season, when they knocked Portsmouth out in the Fourth Round.