John Plant (23 March 1871 – early 1950) was an English international

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, who played as an

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Early and personal life

Plant was born in

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, Cheshire on 23 March 1871. He was the eldest of four children. He worked as a labourer in an iron foundry. He married and had two daughters.

Career

Plant spent his early career playing with local clubs Denton and Bollington. He signed for Bury in 1890, and won the Football League Division Two title with Bury in 1894–95. He spent the 1898–99 season with

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, before returning to Bury, where he finished his career in 1907. He was a member of Bury's FA Cup-winning teams in

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and

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, scoring a goal in both finals. He earned one cap for

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in 1900.

Later life and death

By 1911 he was working as a labourer in a cotton mill. By 1939 he was a retired widower. He died in early 1950, aged 78.

References

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