{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rollo Jack | image = | caption = | fullname = Robert Rollo Jack | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Bolton, England | death_date = {{death year and age|1994|1902}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Ready for action: few changes in the First Division of the League. Bolton Wanderers |author=Harricus |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=25 August 1924 |page=5}}</ref> | position = Inside right | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Argyle Juniors | years1 = 1922–1923 | years2 = 1923–1929 | years3 = 1929–1932? | years4 = 1932?–1934? | years5 = 1934–1935 | clubs1 = Plymouth Argyle | clubs2 = Bolton Wanderers | clubs3 = Clapton Orient | clubs4 = Yeovil and Petters United | clubs5 = Swindon Town | caps1 = 15 | caps2 = 29 | caps3 = 79 | caps4 = ? | caps5 = 20 | goals1 = 4 | goals2 = 9 | goals3 = 22 | goals5 = 2 | totalcaps = 143 | totalgoals = 37 }} '''Robert Rollo Jack''' (4 April 1902 – 1994) was an English footballer who played primarily as an inside right<ref name=joyce/> in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=joyce>{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |first=Michael |last=Joyce |publisher=Soccerdata |year=2004 |isbn=1-899468-67-6 }} </ref>
He was the brother of David, the England international footballer, whilst his father Bob was also a professional footballer and manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerhistory.org.uk/David%20Jack.htm|title=David Jack|work=The Players|publisher=soccerhistory.org|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227082503/http://www.soccerhistory.org.uk/David%20Jack.htm|archive-date=27 December 2012}}</ref>
Rollo started as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, making his debut on 23 December 1922 against Watford,<ref>[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=424&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Greens on Screen profile (including photo)]</ref> before moving north to join Bolton Wanderers for £1500,<ref name=bwh/> where his brother was playing. He made his debut for Bolton on 22 December 1923 against Notts County.<ref name=bwh>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,1004~535176,00.html |title=Bolton Official Site History - 1920-39 |access-date=2010-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429073532/http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,1004~535176,00.html |archive-date=2010-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, in six seasons with Bolton he only made 29 League appearances.<ref name=joyce/> He then moved to Clapton Orient in September 1929 for £1000<ref name=bwh/> and he played regularly for them over the next three seasons. Rollo then moved into non-league football with Yeovil and Petters United of the Southern Football League, before a transfer back to the Football League with Swindon Town for the 1934–35 season, and he made 20 league appearances for Swindon, scoring on two occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=JACKROLL|title=Rollo Jack player profile|work=Swindon Town|publisher=www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk|access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref>
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