Stewart Jump
Personal information
Full name Stewart Jump[1]
Date of birth (1952-01-27) 27 January 1952[1]
Place of birth Crumpsall, Manchester, England[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1965–1970 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Stoke City 44 (1)
1973–1978 Crystal Palace 81 (2)
1977 → Fulham (loan) 3 (0)
1975–1977 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 60 (1)
1978–1980 Houston Hurricane 74 (2)
1978–1980 Houston Summit (indoor) 45 (28)
1980–1981 Minnesota Kicks 44 (1)
1981–1982 New Jersey Rockets (indoor) 32 (5)
1982–1983 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 43 (1)
1983–1984 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 17 (0)
Total 443 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart Jump (born 27 January 1952) is an English former footballer in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Fulham and Stoke City.[1] He also had a successful career playing in the United States, and was chosen as the MVP of the 1975 Soccer Bowl.[2]

Career

Jump was born in Manchester and joined Stoke City as an apprentice in 1965.[1] He progressed through the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground and signed a professional contract in 1970.[1] He made his debut against Coventry City in February 1971 and played in 12 First Division matches in 1970–71 scoring once against Blackpool.[1] Jump played 33 games in 1971–72 and made 11 appearances in 1972–73. After playing just five matches in 1973–74 he was sold to Crystal Palace for £75,000.[1]

Jump spent four seasons at Selhurst Park making 91 appearances scoring twice and he also played three matches for Fulham F.C. in 1977. He then decided to move to the United States to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League for the 1975, 1976 and 1977 summer seasons. In 1978, the Houston Hurricane of the NASL purchased Jump's contract from Crystal Palace. He played two seasons for the Hurricane. He then played for several Major Indoor Soccer League teams as well as the Minnesota Kicks.

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1970–71 First Division 12100002[lower-alpha 1]1142
1971–72 First Division 19020507[lower-alpha 2]0330
1972–73 First Division 100001000110
1973–74 First Division 3000101[lower-alpha 3]050
Total 4412070101632
Crystal Palace 1973–74 Second Division 221100000231
1974–75 Third Division 211003000241
1975–76 Third Division 250400000290
1976–77 Third Division 120100000130
1977–78 Second Division 1000000010
Total 812703000912
Fulham (loan) 1976–77 Second Division 3000000030
Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 1975 North American Soccer League 210———210
1976 North American Soccer League 171———171
1977 North American Soccer League 220———220
Total 601———301
Houston Hurricane 1978 North American Soccer League 281———281
1979 North American Soccer League 260———260
1980 North American Soccer League 201———201
Total 742———742
Minnesota Kicks 1980 North American Soccer League 120———120
1981 North American Soccer League 321———321
Total 441———441
Career Total 3067901001013058
  1. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  2. ↑ Four appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup and three in Texaco Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Texaco Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Stewart Jump". St. Petersburg Times. 23 April 1976. p. 9C. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. ↑ Stewart Jump at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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