Full name John Short Name Jack Short Date of birth 18 February 1928 Role Footballer | Place of death Barnsley, England Position Defender Playing position | |
Place of birth Great Houghton, Barnsley, England Date of death 10 October 1976(1976-10-10) (aged 48) Died October 10, 1976, Barnsley, United Kingdom | ||
John "Jack" Short (18 February 1928 – 10 October 1976) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley, Stoke City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Career
Short was born in Darfield, near Barnsley and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers from non-league Wath Wanderers. He broke into Wolves' first team in December 1950 and played a key role as Stan Cullis' side reached the FA Cup semi final in 1950–51 losing in a replay to Newcastle United. Short spent the next three seasons at Molineux making the right back position his own and even played as a makeshift centre forward in January 1952 where he scored twice against Manchester City in the FA Cup. However injury saw him miss the remainder of the 1952–53 campaign and he played 27 times in 1953–54 as Wolves won the First Division title.
He left for Staffordshire rivals Stoke City in the summer of 1954 with Stoke aiming for a return to the top-flight. He played 31 times in 1954–55 as the "Potters" finished in 5th position with Short again being used as a back up forward scoring twice against Swansea Town in November 1954. He played 33 times in 1955–56 as Stoke ended in a poor position of 13th and Short was given a free transfer to his hometown club Barnsley. He was regular for the "Tykes" for three seasons which ended with relegation to the Third Division in 1958–59 and he retired a year later. Short collapsed and died in October 1976 after a playing in a charity football match in Wombwell.