Answer the following question: Facts: - clubs: newton heath sheffield united distillery linfield - caps: 28 8 - position: outside left - nationalcaps: 24 4 - years: 1893 1898 -- ? -- 1894 1894 -- 1895 1895 -- 1898 - nationalyears: 1887 -- 1899 - death date: 15 september 1944 - nationalgoals: 7 ? - birth date: 12 july 1863 - fullname: john peden - name: jack peden - nationalteam: ireland irish league xi - birth place: belfast , northern ireland - goals: 7 0 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack peden .
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john '' jack '' peden -lrb- 12 july 1863 -- 15 september 1944 -rrb- was an irish footballer who played as an outside left for newton heath and sheffield united in the 1890s .he made 24 appearances and scored seven goals for ireland in a 12-year international career , interrupted by a two-year gap while he played in england -lrb- england-based players were not selected for the ireland national team until 1899 -rrb- .born in belfast , peden began his career with linfield as a 21-year-old in 1886 .he signed for newton heath in february 1893 , but did not make his debut for the manchester side until the opening game of the 1893 -- 94 season against burnley on 2 september 1893 .peden left the heathens at the end of the season to join sheffield united , but he could not hold down a first-team place with the yorkshire side , and returned to ireland to play for distillery .he finally returned to linfield in 1898 before retiring at the end of the 1898 -- 99 season .