Jake Ruecroft

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jake Ruecroft | image = | caption = | fullname = Jacob Ruecroft | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|5|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Lanchester, England | death_date = February 2005 (aged 89) | death_place = | height = | position = Full back | years1 = | clubs1 = Goole Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1938–1947 | clubs2 = Halifax Town | caps2 = 60 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1945 | clubs3 = → Leeds United (war guest) | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1946 | clubs4 = → Lincoln City (war guest) | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1947–1948 | clubs5 = Scarborough | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1948–1949 | clubs6 = Bradford City | caps6 = 43 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = | clubs7 = Goole Town | caps7 = | goals7 = | totalcaps = 106 | totalgoals = 2 }} '''Jacob Ruecroft''' (1 May 1915 – February 2005) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for Goole Town, Halifax Town, Scarborough and Bradford City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/jakeruecroft.html|title=Profile|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> He also guested for Leeds United and Lincoln City during World War Two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/R/RuecroftJ.php|title=Profile|publisher=Leeds United F.C. History}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=ruec01|title=Profile|publisher=The Lincoln City Archive|access-date=20 May 2011|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806201825/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=ruec01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruecroft, Jale}} Category:1915 births Category:2005 deaths Category:English men's footballers Category:Goole Town F.C. players Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players Category:Leeds United F.C. players Category:Lincoln City F.C. players Category:Scarborough F.C. players Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Lanchester, County Durham Category:20th-century English sportsmen