John Henry Round (20 May 1903 – 31 December 1936) 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 ...

who played in the

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for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They have played their ...

in the 1920s and 1930s.

Career

Round played for Brierley Hill Alliance,

Cradley Heath Cradley Heath is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, west of Birmingham. The town was known for the manufacture of chains in the first half of the twentiet ...

and

before joining

in September 1930. He played 38

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and two

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games in the 1930–31 season, as Vale posted a club record high finish of fifth in the

. He scored three goals in 30 league games in the 1931–32 season, before making 31 appearances in the 1932–33 campaign. However, he appeared just three times at the

Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditi ...

in the 1933–34 season, and was released at the end of the 1934–35 season. He then moved on to

, helping the "Cumbrians" to a 13th-place finish in the

Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...

in 1935–36, before he died on New Year's Eve in 1936.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Round, Jack Sportspeople from Brierley Hill English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players Cradley Heath F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players English Football League players 1903 births 1936 deaths 20th-century English sportsmen