John Edward Evans (April 1868–1942), also known as "Jammer", was a footballer.

Playing career

Evans played for Newcastle Swifts before joining local league

The Football League

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 club 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...

 in 1891, he left in 1895 for Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

, moving on to Burslem Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 most likely in the autumn

Autumn

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 of 1896. He was a regular in the first team, helping the side win the Staffordshire Senior Cup

Staffordshire Senior Cup

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 in 1898. However he lost his place at the start of the 1898–99 season and was released upon its conclusion.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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...	1891–92	15	5	4	1	19	6
	1892–93	25	10	1	0	26	10
	1893–94	10	3	1	0	11	3
	1894–95	5	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	55	18	6	1	61	19
Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...	1895–96	2	0			2	0
	Total	2	0			2	0
Burslem Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	1896–97	21	10	1	1	22	11
	1897–98	17	4	5	0	22	4
	1898–99 1898–99 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season The 1898–99 season was Burslem Port Vale's fifth season of football in the Football League; it followed a two season absence, which the club spent in the Midland Football League. A solid return to the Football League, they finished in mid-table. They had the strongest defence in the division as...	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	38	14	6	1	44	15
Career Total		95	32	12	2	107	34