fullname youthclubs years death_date death_place youthyears birth_place clubs caps goals position birth_date image article_title name
james charles lane watford 1906-1908 ?? 1910-1912 1912-1913 1913-1920 1920-19 ?? 19 ?? -19 february 1959 -lrb- aged 66 -rrb- abbots langley , england 1906-1908 hereford , england watford watford sunderland blackpool birmingham millwall ? ? 2 94 67 ? ? ? 0 65 26 ? forward 11 july 1892 joe lane bfc.jpg joe lane -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 joe lane
joe lane -lrb- footballer -rrb-

james charles `` joe '' lane -lrb- 11 july 1892 -- february 1959 -rrb- was an english professional footballer .
he played as a forward .
after spells with hungarian club ferencvárosi tc and english side sunderland , lane signed for another english club , blackpool , in 1913 for ₤ 400 .
he made his debut for the club on november 22 , 1913 , in a 2 -- 2 draw at home to leeds city , scoring one of blackpool 's goals .
he went on to make a further 25 appearances during the 1913 -- 14 campaign , scoring ten more goals .
the following season , 1914 -- 15 , he was an ever-present in blackpool 's 38 league games and one fa cup tie .
he scored 28 goals , including two hat-tricks : one in the second league game of the season , a 3 -- 1 victory at hull city on september 5 , 1914 , and all of the goals in blackpool 's victory against glossop at bloomfield road on november 21 .
despite lane 's goal haul , blackpool still only managed a tenth-placed finish after losing almost as many games as they won .
in 1915 -- 16 , world war i intervened , leading to the implementation of regional competitions .
lane served in egypt with the hertfordshire yeomanry during the conflict .
when the football league resumed in 1919 -- 20 , with blackpool 's new manager , bill norman , in his second season in charge , lane continued where he had left off , netting 26 goals in 30 league appearances .
he scored one hat-trick , in a 6 -- 0 whitewash of lincoln city at bloomfield road on september 8 , 1919 .
he left blackpool with two months of the season remaining , joining birmingham city for a blackpool club-record fee of ₤ 3,600 .
after a spell at millwall , he finished his playing career with watford printing when he was in his 40s .
he went on to coach at barcelona for a period .
lane died in abbots langley in february 1959 , aged 66 .
