Jack Roscamp (8 August 1901 – 1939) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, renowned for his physical style of play. He played for

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

, for whom he scored twice in the 1928 FA Cup Final,

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

and

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

, 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 Welshpool ( ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, historically in the Historic counties of Wales, county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The c ...

Honours

Blackburn Rovers *

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

: 1927–28

References

1901 births 1939 deaths English men's footballers Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players People from Blaydon-on-Tyne Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead Footballers from Tyne and Wear Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub