David Jackson (23 January 1937 – 21 March 2024) was an English

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whose career mirrored his twin brother

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's. He was an

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. The pair played at

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and

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

where their father

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was manager. Jackson also excelled at golf and cricket, playing in the Yorkshire Council League. He died in March 2024, at the age of 87.

Career

David Jackson was the younger of twin brothers. His brother was

, born 10 minutes earlier, and their father was also

. Both brothers started their career at

in 1954 where their father was manager. He soon left for

and the two brothers spent part of the season at Marine. In April 1955 they both re-signed for their father at Bradford. Jackson's debut at City came on 20 April 1955 when he scored in a 4–0 win over

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before he scored again ten days later again against Grimsby when Peter was handed his debut. They spent another six seasons at City, in which time Jackson, an

missed just 18 games. Jackson was a consistent goal-scorer totting up between eight and 12 league goals in each of his full seasons at

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and being the club's top goal-scorer in 1957–58 when his 14 goals included three in the

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. He received benefits in May 1960 and July 1961. When their father was dismissed in March 1961, the brothers also immediately left to sign for

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for a combined fee of £3,000. They had played a total of 449 league games between them scoring 76 goals for City. Their careers briefly parted when Jackson signed for

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two years later before they both played in non-league together at

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and

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. David retired in 1968 to concentrate on a career in architecture.

References

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