| Jack Clough | |
| Fullname: | John H. Clough[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Murton, England |
| Height: | 5ft 9+1/2in |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Years1: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs1: | Fatfield Albion |
| Years2: | 1922–1926 |
| Clubs2: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps2: | 124 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1926–1932 |
| Clubs3: | Bradford Park Avenue |
| Caps3: | 208 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1932–1933 |
| Clubs4: | Mansfield Town |
| Caps4: | 30 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs5: | Brentford |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1934–1937 |
| Clubs6: | Rotherham United |
| Caps6: | 91 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
John H. Clough was an English professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances as a goalkeeper in the Football League, most notably for Bradford Park Avenue. After retiring as a player, he served Mansfield Town as a trainer between 1939 and 1949.[2]
Clough served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[3] He was awarded the Military Medal for "rendering first aid and bringing in wounded comrades from the front lines under continuous enemy shell fire" during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916. In October 1918, Clough was awarded a bar to his Military Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Middlesbrough | 1922–23[4] | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1923–24 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 1924–25 | Second Division | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1925–26 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| Total | 124 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 0 | |||
| Brentford | 1933–34[5] | Second Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Rotherham United | 1934–35[6] | Third Division North | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Career total | 190 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 0 | |||
Bradford Park Avenue