John Laws "Jackie" Newton (25 May 1925 – 30 January 2010) was an English footballer who played as a wing-half for Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 from 1946 to 1958, making 361 first-team appearances, and scoring 19 goals.

Newton began his career at Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

, where he signed in 1944, never played for the Magpies in any official competition. He had guested for Hartlepool United during the war

World War II

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, and joined the Pools permanently in May 1946. He made his official debut for the club on 2 November 1946 against Halifax Town

Halifax Town A.F.C.

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, and a regular in the Hartlepool side for the nest twelve seasons.

He left Hartlepool in 1958, and later had a brief spell with non-league Ashington

Ashington A.F.C.

Ashington A.F.C. is an English non-league football club from Ashington, Northumberland, currently playing in the Northern League Division One. The team, nicknamed "The Colliers", play their home matches at Woodhorn Lane....

, before retiring from football to become a toolmaker. He died, aged 84, on 30 January 2010.