fullname youthclubs years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals managerclubs totalcaps position manageryears birth_date totalgoals article_title name
samuel jennings highbury guards basford national ordnance factory vale methodists basford united 5th reserve battalion coldstream 1925 1931 -- 1932 1932 1932 -- 1933 1933 -- 1934 -- 1934 -- 1935 1935 -- 1936 1928 1928 -- 1929 1929 -- 1931 21 august 1944 robertsbridge , england highbury guards basford national ordnance factory brighton & hove albion nottingham vale forest port vale stockport county burnley olympique de marseille club methodists français scarborough wisbech town basford united 5th reserve battalion coldstream cinderhill , nottinghamshire , england 10 110 9 110 27 63 14 6 14 2 45 3 61 15 42 2 2 4 glentoran rochdale 363 centre-forward 1936 -- 1938 1937 -- 1938 26 december 1898 176 sam jennings
 sam jennings
sam jennings

samuel `` sam '' jennings -lrb- 26 december 1898 -- 21 august 1944 -rrb- was an english footballer and football manager .
a tall player , he was a goal-scoring centre-forward , with a ratio of a goal every two games .
after playing for various amateur sides , he joined norwich city in 1919 , moving on to middlesbrough the following year .
in 1921 he signed with reading , where he would make his name over a three-year stay with 45 goals in 110 league games .
after a season with west ham united , he signed with brighton & hove albion in 1925 .
again prolific , he scored 61 goals in 110 games , and won a transfer to nottingham forest in 1928 .
moving on to port vale in 1929 , he bagged 42 goals in 63 league games .
in the 1930s he enjoyed short spells at stockport county and burnley , before settling in france with olympique de marseille and club français .
he later returned to england to turn out for non-league sides scarborough and wisbech town .
after retiring as a player he took charge at glentoran in 1936 , before taking charge of rochdale the following year .
he also served a coach across france and england .
