John Hargreaves

English footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish footballer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 December 1860, Blackburn, United Kingdom
Death13 January 1903 (aged 42 years)
Star signSagittarius
Sports Teams
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
England national football team
The details

Biography

John Hargreaves (13 December 1860 – 13 January 1903) was an English international footballer, who played as a winger.

Career

Born in Blackburn, Hargreaves attended Malvern College where he began playing football. He played for Blackburn Rovers between 1878 and 1884 playing in their FA Cup win in 1884 as well as taking a runner up spot in the 1882 final. He made two appearances for England in 1881. England lost both games.

He worked as a solicitor from 1884.

His older brother is fellow Blackburn Rovers and England player Fred Hargreaves.

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