Stewart Jump (born 27 January 1952) is an English former

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for

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, Fulham and Stoke City. He also had a successful career playing in the United States, and was chosen as the

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of the 1975 Soccer Bowl.

Career

Jump was born in

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and joined Stoke City as an apprentice in 1965. He progressed through the youth ranks at the

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and signed a professional contract in 1970. He made his debut against

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed t ...

in February 1971 and played in 12 First Division matches in 1970–71 scoring once against Blackpool. 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

for £75,000. Jump spent four seasons at Selhurst Park making 91 appearances scoring twice and he also played three matches for

Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London, which compete in the . They have played home games at Craven Cottage since 1896, other than a two-year period spent at Loftus Road whilst Craven Cottage unde ...

in 1977. He then decided to move to the United States to play for the

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in the North American Soccer League for the 1975, 1976 and 1977 summer seasons. In 1978, the

Houston Hurricane The Houston Hurricane was a soccer team based out of Houston that played in the NASL. They played from 1978 to 1980. Their home field was the Astrodome. Their colors were orange, white and red. History The team was the last of six expansion t ...

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

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Career statistics

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References

External links

Tampa Bay: Stewart Jump

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