Jack Brownsword was a professional footballer who spent 18 seasons with Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

, and holds the club's all-time appearance record, having played 597 league

The Football League

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 games, and 791 first-team games overall for the club. He was a defender, playing in the left-back position.

Career

Jack was a colliery worker from Doncaster. He started his league career at Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

 but was released in 1947, having played just ten games for the club. He then returned to his first club Frickley Colliery

Frickley Athletic F.C.

Frickley Athletic F.C. are a football club based in South Elmsall, in West Yorkshire, England. They were established in 1910 as Frickley Colliery F.C., and changed to their present name in 1974.-History:...

 in the Midland League

Midland Football League

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, before moving to Scunthorpe United, also then in the Midland League at the end of the 1946/47 season.

Scunthorpe was elected to The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 in 1950, and Brownsword went on to make a club-record 597 league appearances for the club between 1950 and 1965. In total (including non-league and cup games) he appeared 791 times. He only missed 26 League matches and never missed an F.A. Cup game. He was appointed coach for the 1964-65 season, and still made 3 appearances.

He scored 50 league goals for Scunthorpe United, all but one from penalties.

He died at the age of 86 on 20 December 2009.

Honours

He was chosen to play five times by the Third Division North

Football League Third Division North vs. South Representative Games

The Third Division North and Third Division South of The Football League was a level in English association football, which ran from 1921 to 1958.From 1954–55 season until 1957–58 season, there was a series of games between teams representing the Third Division North and the Third Division South.-...

 against the Third Division South, but was only able to play in three matches because of club commitments.

External links

• Scunthorpe legend Brownsword dies, BBC Sport, 21 December 2009