Joe Jones (footballer) Joe Jones (footballer) Joeseph Thomas "Joe" Jones (9 January 1887 – 23 July 1941) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Crystal Palace, Coventry City and Crewe Alexandra. He also made 15 appearances for the Wales national team. Jones, who was born in Rhosymedre, Wales, was one of a select band of footballers who appeared for a club before, during and after the First World War. Jones spent ten years with Stoke making almost 130 senior appearances and 133 during the war. Described as a solid uncompromising, yet bustling-type of a defender with a fantastic
Vinnie Jones was a silent, tough brawler. He teamed up with director Dominic Sena again the following year for the thriller "Swordfish", where Jones played one of John Travolta's ruthless henchmen. Jones played Danny Meehan in "Mean Machine", a 2001 British remake of the Burt Reynolds film "The Longest Yard" (retitled "Mean Machine" for its UK release). He played a former captain of the England national football team, who is sent to prison and subsequently takes control of a team of inmates who play the guards. He played another football role as Mad Maynard, the leader of a Manchester United football hooligan