Jack Hedley (footballer)

Jack Hedley (footballer)

Jack Hedley (born John Robert Hedley, Wallsend in 1923) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C between 1950 and 1959 whom he joined from Everton, following a short spell as a renegade transfer to a Columbian club. A key player in the days when Sunderland was known as the "Bank of England Club" Hedley played right-back alongside the football transfer record breaking Trevor Ford and Len Shackleton.

Hedley's footballing career ended after 295 appearances breaking his leg in training after which he worked for the local authority and taking on the more leasurly sport of Pigeon Racing winning several prestigious awards (partnered with Jimmy Lindsay) including the Up North Combine in the 1970's.

Hedley died in 1985 suffering from Parkinson's disease.

External links

* [http://www.safc.com/index.php Sunderland AFC]
* [http://www.upnorthcombine.com/ Up North Combine]
* [http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/ The Parkinson's Disease Society]


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