Jack Randle

Jack Randle (23 August 1902 – May 1990) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in Bedworth, Warwickshire, Randle worked as a coal miner before joining Coventry City, for whom he played nearly 150 league matches. He went on to play more than 100 Football League First Division matches for Birmingham in a six-year career, during the second half of which he was mainly used as cover for George Liddell. He later played for Southend United, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Guildford City. He died in Bournemouth in 1990 aged about 87.

Jack Randle
Personal information
Date of birth (1902-08-23)23 August 1902
Place of birth Bedworth, England
Date of death 1990 (aged 87–88)
Place of death Bournemouth, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Exhall Colliery
Bedworth BC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1927 Coventry City 149 (0)
1927–1933 Birmingham 111 (0)
1933 Southend United 0 (0)
1933–1934 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 28 (0)
1934–19?? Guildford City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. "The lure of promotion. Coventry City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 118, 173–75. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
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