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Full name | John Fountain | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
Date of death | August 2012 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Leeds, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Leeds Ashley Road | |||
1949–1957 | Sheffield United | 31 | (0) |
1957–1960 | Swindon Town | 81 | (2) |
1960–1963 | York City | 130 | (3) |
Total | 242 | (5) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Fountain (27 May 1932 - August 2012) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half for Sheffield United, Swindon Town and York City. He received a prison sentence in 1964 for his part in the betting scandal which shook British football in the early 1960s.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Fountain". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "Gaol Sentences On Ten Footballers. Gauld Given Four Years And Told To Pay £5,000". The Times. 27 January 1965. p. 5.
- ^ "Jack Fountain". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
External links
[edit]- Jack Fountain at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2012 deaths
- Footballers from Leeds
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Leeds Ashley Road F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Sportspeople involved in betting scandals
- British sportspeople convicted of crimes
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs