Jack Roscamp

Jack Roscamp
Personal information
Date of birth	8 August 1901
Place of birth	Blaydon, England
Date of death	1939 (aged 37–38)
Place of death	England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Right-half / Centre forward
Youth career
	Wallsend
Senior career*
Years	Team
1923–1931	Blackburn Rovers
1932–1934	Bradford City
1934	Shrewsbury Town
Managerial career
1934–1935	Shrewsbury Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack Roscamp (8 August 1901^[2] – 1939^[2]) was an English footballer, renowned for his physical style of play.^[3] He played for Blackburn Rovers, for whom he scored twice in the 1928 FA Cup Final,^[2]^[3]^[4] Bradford City and Shrewsbury Town, who he also went on to manage.^{[citation needed]} He left Town, citing disagreements with their committee, and took up business as a publican, running The Boot Inn at Welshpool.^[5]

Honours[edit]

Blackburn Rovers

FA Cup: 1927–28^[2]

References[edit]

^ Quiz (20 August 1923). "Prospects of the clubs in the First Division of the League. Blackburn Rovers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Jack Roscamp: Blackburn Rovers". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b Moore, Glenn (18 April 2005). "Rovers' old-school brutality a scar on the game". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ "1928 FA Cup Final". Sporting Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ Jones, Mike (2008). Meadow Maestros & Misfits. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9548099-2-8.

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[1] Quiz (20 August 1923). "Prospects of the clubs in the First Division of the League. Blackburn Rovers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.

[Spartacus-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Jack Roscamp: Blackburn Rovers". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[Independent-3] Moore, Glenn (18 April 2005). "Rovers' old-school brutality a scar on the game". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[Sporting_Chronicle-4] "1928 FA Cup Final". Sporting Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[5] Jones, Mike (2008). Meadow Maestros & Misfits. Janet Beasley, Shrewsbury. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9548099-2-8.

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