Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933)
|
Jones in 1957 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 June 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 February 1958 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1958 | Manchester United | 103 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mark Jones (15 June 1933 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of eight Manchester United players to lose their lives in the Munich air disaster. Jones was born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1933, the third of seven children born to miner Amos Jones (1894–1968) and his wife Lucy (1896–1957). He was the club's first-choice centre-half for much of the 1950s and collected two League Championship winner's medals.