John Ponsonby (1874 – 1962) was a

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

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

Ponsonby was born in

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

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to Irish parentsShamrock on Blue
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Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

where he played for

Distillery Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heati ...

. He joined

in 1897 and played five matches during the 1897–98 season before returning to Distillery. He won the Irish League four times (1895–96, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03) across his two spells, and lifted the

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...

in 1896.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ponsonby, Jack 1874 births 1962 deaths Footballers from Dumbarton Irish association footballers (before 1923) Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Lisburn Distillery F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football defenders Men's association football wing halves NIFL Premiership players Irish League representative players Scottish men's footballers Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland