# Rollo Jack

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Inside_right)
| youthyears1          = 
| youthclubs1          = Argyle Juniors
| years1               = 1922–1923
| years2               = 1923–1929
| years3               = 1929–1932?
| years4               = 1932?–1934?
| years5               = 1934–1935
| clubs1               = [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.)
| clubs2               = [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers)
| clubs3               = [Clapton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.)
| clubs4               = [Yeovil and Petters United](/source/Yeovil_Town_F.C.)
| clubs5               = [Swindon Town](/source/Swindon_Town_F.C.)
| 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](/source/association_football) who played primarily as an [inside right](/source/inside_right)<ref name=joyce/> in the [Football League](/source/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 }}
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He was the brother of [David](/source/David_Jack_(footballer)), the England international footballer, whilst his father [Bob](/source/Bob_Jack) 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](/source/Plymouth_Argyle), making his debut on 23 December 1922 against [Watford](/source/Watford_F.C.),<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.) 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](/source/non-league) football with [Yeovil and Petters United](/source/Yeovil_Town_F.C.) of the [Southern Football League](/source/Southern_Football_League), before a transfer back to the Football League with [Swindon Town](/source/Swindon_Town_F.C.) 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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Category:1902 births
Category:1994 deaths
Category:Footballers from Bolton
Category:English Football League players
Category:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Yeovil Town F.C. players
Category:Swindon Town F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English people of Scottish descent
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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