John Evans (born 12 February 1900) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for Sheffield United,

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

and

Stoke Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom. Stoke may refer to: Places United Kingdom The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below. Berkshire * Stoke Row, Berkshire Bristol * Stoke Bishop * Stok ...

Career

Evans was born in Barking and played for West Bromwich Standard and Ewells before joining

in 1921. He played once for the "Saddlers" and then played for Shrewsbury Town and two matches with Sheffield United before signing for

in 1924. He played 12 times for Stoke in 1924–25 failing to make much of an impact and was released from the Victoria Ground at the end of the season. He then went on to play for

Northwich Victoria {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ...

, Shrewsbury Town and Stalybridge Connaughts .

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, John English men's footballers Sheffield United F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players English Football League players 1900 births Year of death missing Northwich Victoria F.C. players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Barking, London