Jack Landells
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-11-11)11 November 1904
Place of birth Gateshead, County Durham, England
Date of death July 1986 (aged 1981–1982)[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Grays Athletic
1925–1933 Millwall 175 (69)
1933–1934 West Ham United 21 (4)
1934–1935 Bristol City
1935–1936 Carlisle United
1936–1937 Walsall
1937–1938 Clapton Orient
1938–1939 Chelmsford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Landells (11 November 1904 – 1986) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Born in Gateshead, County Durham, Landells played for Grays Athletic, Millwall, West Ham United, Bristol City, Carlisle United, Walsall, Clapton Orient and Chelmsford City. He signed for Millwall from amateur Essex club Grays Athletic . He played eight years for Millwall, from 1925 to 1933 where he scored a total of 71 goals in 184 appearances in all competitions. He is Millwall's eighth all-time leading scorer.[3] He played for the "Professionals" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield.[4] He left in the summer of 1933 to join their rivals West Ham. He only played with them for a season, scoring four goals in 22 games.[1] He left to join Bristol City, where he enjoyed FA Cup giant killing success in his first season, when they knocked Portsmouth out in the Fourth Round.

References

  1. 1 2 "Jack Landells". West Ham Stats. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Walsall. They like it. Return to Southern Section welcomed". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "All Time Top Scorers". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Professionals v. Amateurs – selected teams for annual match". Derby Daily Telegraph. 26 September 1929. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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