John Ewart Beswick was a footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

. He made fifty eight appearances for Stoke.

Career

John Beswick was a defender who had two spells as the Victoria Ground

Victoria Ground

Victoria Ground may refer to:*Victoria Ground, the former name of Hartlepool United’s ground Victoria Park.*Victoria Ground, Stoke City’s ground from 1878 to 1997.*Victoria Ground, current home of Bromsgrove Rovers...

, He was described as an intelligent ball playing centre-half who gave nothing away. The retired through injury at the end of his second spell. Beswick was one of the most successful amateurs to have served the club and helped Stoke to the Third Division North Title in 1926-27.

He was also a member of the famous pottery family Beswick Pottery

Beswick Pottery

J. W. Beswick was a pottery manufacturer, founded in 1892 by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. They are chiefly known for producing high-quality porcelain figurines such as farm animals and Beatrix Potter characters and have become highly sought after in...

, he continued to run the company after his retirement from football until his death in 1978.

Honours

with Stoke City

• Football League Third Division North
  Football League Third Division North
  The Third Division North of The Football League was a tier in the English association football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran parallel to Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to one or the other according to geographical position...
  
  Champions: 1926–27