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John Jack
John Jack (9 March 1932 – 22 October 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Morton. At Celtic, where he spent nine years, he was mainly a reserve behind Jim Mallan, Alec Boden and Jock Stein, with Bobby Evans also being asked to fill in rather than calling upon the inexperienced Jack even in minor competitions. However he did feature regularly in the 1956–57 season, during which he won the Scottish League Cup with the Hoops overcoming Partick Thistle in the final after a replay to win that competition for the first time. When Stein retired and took over the reserve team, Jack assisted until he departed in 1959, spending a short period with Morton. Born Jonas Kaduskevieche, he was one of four Scots of Lithuanian descent to play for the club between the 1930s and 1960s, all of them defenders, the most famous being Billy McNeill who joined as a teenager in 1957 and quickly overtook Jack in the queue for team selection.
Article summary
John Jack (9 March 1932 – 22 October 1988) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Morton. At Celtic, where he spent nine years, he was mainly a reserve behind Jim Mallan, Alec Boden and Jock Stein, with Bobby Evans also being asked to fill in rather than calling upon the inexperienced Jack even in minor competitions. However he did feature regularly in the 1956–57 season, during which he won the Scottish League Cup with the Hoops overcoming Partick Thistle in the final after a replay to win that competition for the first time. When Stein retired and took over the reserve team, Jack assisted until he departed in 1959, spending a short period with Morton. Born Jonas Kaduskevieche, he was one of four Scots of Lithuanian descent to play for the club between the 1930s and 1960s, all of them defenders, the most famous being Billy McNeill who joined as a teenager in 1957 and quickly overtook Jack in the queue for team selection.
Key claims
- date of birth: 1957 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of birth is "1957". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1255233135
Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.