Jack Hill

Early career

Hill was born at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham and, after playing junior football in and around Durham whilst working as a coal-miner and seeing action at Gallipoli and Salonika with the East Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War, he joined Durham City in 1919.

Plymouth Argyle

After a brief period, he moved in September 1920 to Devon to join Plymouth Argyle, who had recently been admitted to the Football League Third Division. He remained for three seasons at Home Park, in the last two of which Argyle finished as runners-up in the (now) Third Division South missing out on the single promotion place available firstly to Southampton on goal difference and then to Bristol City.

Burnley

In May 1923, he was sold to First Division Burnley for a fee of £5,450. After representing the Football League on three occasions, he received his first England call up for a British Home Championship match in Wales on 28 February 1925. In this match he played at right-half, with Charlie Spencer in the centre. England ran out 2–1 victors, with goals from Frank Roberts. His next England call-up came against Scotland in April 1926, when he took over the No. 5 shirt, which he was to retain for the remainder of his England career. The following year, he took over the captain's armband for the match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, which England won 2–1, both goals coming from Dixie Dean. In May 1927, England went on a three-match tour of Europe. In the first…

After three seasons with Hull as a player, in March 1934 Hill took over the managerial reins from Haydn Green. In his first season in charge, Hull finished comfortably mid-table in the Second Division. Things did not turn out so well in the following season, and in January 1936, Hill was dismissed, to be replaced by David Menzies who was unable to prevent Hull being relegated with only 20 points. As manager, Hill only won 24 out of 77 games, a win rate of 31.16%. After the Second World War, Hill returned to Hull City where he acted as club scout from 1948 to 1955. He later had a spell at Scarborough, where he was in charge of their pools scheme. He retired in August 1963 and moved to Scotland where he died in Helensburgh in April 1972.

Hull City Football League Third Division North: 1932–33