Jack Tresadern

Jack Tresadern

Personal information
Full name	John Tresadern
Date of birth	September 26, 1890
Place of birth	Leytonstone, England
Date of death	December 26, 1959(1959-12-26) (aged 69)
Position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?	Wanstead	?	(?)
– 1913	Barking Town	?	(?)
1913–1924	West Ham United	150	(5)
1924–1925	Burnley	22	(0)
1925–1926	Northampton Town	34	(1)
International career
1923	England	2	(0)
Managerial career
1926–1930	Northampton Town
1930–1935	Crystal Palace
1935–1938	Tottenham Hotspur
1938–1947	Plymouth Argyle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John "Jack" Tresadern (September 26, 1890 in Leytonstone – December 26, 1959 in Tonbridge) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played twice for the England national side.

Playing career

Tresadern, a left-half, began his career with non-league Wanstead, moving on to Barking Town before joining West Ham United in July 1913. He was part of the West Ham side elected to the Football League in 1919 and became a regular in their league side. Tresadern made his England debut in April 1923, in the 2–2 Home International draw with Scotland, although he wasn't exactly enamoured with his performance. "I was the best player Scotland had on the field", he said. He was part of the West Ham side that lost to Bolton Wanderers in the first ever FA Cup final to be held at Wembley. After just two minutes Tresadern became entangled in the crowd after taking a throw-in and was unable to return to the pitch immediately. This gave Bolton's David Jack the opportunity to shoot for goal, this shot beat West Ham goalkeeper Ted Hufton to give Bolton the lead, and hit a spectator who was standing pressed against the goal net, knocking him unconscious.

In October 1924, after 279 league games for the Hammers, Tresadern moved to Burnley. He played 56 league games for Burnley before joining Northampton Town as player-manager in May 1925.

Coaching and managerial career

Tresadern retired from playing in December 1926 after breaking his leg. He continued as manager of Northampton until October 1930 when he became manager of Crystal Palace. In June 1935 he left Palace to manage Tottenham Hotspur, but had little success at White Hart Lane, resigning to take over at Plymouth Argyle in April 1938 rather than wait to be sacked. The war interrupted his time at Plymouth, but he remained at Home Park until November 1947.

The following year he became a scout for Aston Villa before becoming manager of Chelmsford City in June 1949. He left Chelmsford in November 1950 and in December 1951 became manager of Hastings United.

He became manager of Tonbridge in April 1958 and remained in post until his death in December 1959 at the age of 69.

References

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. pp. 202–203. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.