Jack Dungworth (

Heeley Heeley is a former cluster of villages. Which all now form a suburb in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The village has existed at least since 1343, its name deriving from ''Heah Leah'', ''High Lea'' then ''Hely'', meaning a high, w ...

, c.1866 – 1936) was an English footballer who played as a right-half, and was one of the pioneers of

man-to-man marking In association football, marking is an organized defensive tactic which aims to prevent a member of the opposing team (usually a striker) from taking control of the ball. Several marking strategies exist in football, and they mostly differ from e ...

. A successful runner in his youth, Dungworth began his football career with junior side Meersbrook Rangers before joining

The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

in 1881, aged 15, and making his senior debut three years later. Despite remaining amateur and continuing to work as a table knife hafter when his club went professional, Dungworth retained his place in the team, winning the

Football Alliance The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92. History In 1888, the same year the Football League was founded, The Combination was established by clubs who had been ...

in 1889–90 and featuring in the

1890 FA Cup Final The 1890 FA Cup Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and The Wednesday at the Kennington Oval. Blackburn won 6–1 with goals scored by William Townley (3), Nat Walton, Jack Southworth and Joe Lofthouse. The Wednesday's goal was scored by Alb ...

, which The Wednesday lost 6–1 to Blackburn Rovers. After losing his place to Harry Brandon, he retired around 1892, and ran the Queens Head Hotel on Bramall Lane until he filed for bankruptcy in 1895, citing bad trade and disagreements with his wife. In 1906, his four-year-old daughter died of burns after playing with matches; he outlived her by thirty years, dying in 1936, aged 70.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dungworth, Jack English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Year of birth uncertain 1936 deaths Footballers from Sheffield