Jack Oakes

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John Oakes
Personal information
Full name John Oakes
Date of birth (1905-09-13)13 September 1905
Place of birth Winsford, England
Date of death 20 March 1992 (aged 86)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1930 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
1930–1931 Crook Town ? (?)
1931–1932 Southend United 2 (0)
1932–1933 Crook Town ? (?)
1933–1934 Spennymoor United ? (?)
1934–1936 Aldershot 61 (19)
1936–1947 Charlton Athletic 130 (3)
1947–1948 Plymouth Argyle 36 (0)
Total 231 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Oakes (13 September 1905 – 20 March 1992), was an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League.

He was on the losing side for Charlton Athletic in the 1946 FA Cup Final, and turned out for Nottingham Forest, Southend United and Aldershot before joining the Addicks in 1936.

He did not make the line-up for Charlton's victorious 1947 FA Cup Final, and signed for Plymouth Argyle soon after, spending one season at Home Park before retiring in his 43rd year.

After his playing career was over, he emigrated to Australia, and was living in the city of Perth by the time of his death in March 1992 at the age of 86. Jack Oakes was a great-uncle of Roy Sandbach.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Charlton Athletic. Old players get their chance". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.

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