Jack Roscamp Explained
| Jack Roscamp |
| Birth Date: | 8 August 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Blaydon, England |
| Death Place: | England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Right-half / Centre forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Wallsend |
| Years1: | 1923–1931 |
| Years2: | 1932–1934 |
| Years3: | 1934 |
| Clubs3: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Caps1: | 223 |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 37 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1934–1935 |
| Managerclubs1: | Shrewsbury Town |
Jack Roscamp (8 August 1901[2] – 1939[2]) was an English footballer, renowned for his physical style of play.[3] He played for Blackburn Rovers, for whom he scored twice in the 1928 FA Cup Final,[2] [3] [4] Bradford City and Shrewsbury Town, who he also went on to manage. He left Town, citing disagreements with their committee, and took up business as a publican, running The Boot Inn at Welshpool.[5]
Honours
Blackburn Rovers
1927–28[2]
Notes and References
- News: Prospects of the clubs in the First Division of the League. Blackburn Rovers . Quiz . Athletic News . Manchester . 20 August 1923 . 5.
- Web site: Jack Roscamp: Blackburn Rovers. 18 November 2007. Spartacus Educational. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081122053711/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BLACKBroscamp.htm. 22 November 2008.
- News: Rovers' old-school brutality a scar on the game. 18 November 2007. The Independent. London. Glenn. Moore. 18 April 2005. dead. https://archive.today/20130422072324/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/premiership/article2192.ece. 22 April 2013.
- Web site: 1928 FA Cup Final . 18 November 2007 . Sporting Chronicle . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030131506/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1928.html . 30 October 2007 .
- Book: Jones, Mike. Meadow Maestros & Misfits. 2008. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. 16. 978-0-9548099-2-8.
