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
Herbert Jones (footballer) Herbert Jones (footballer) Herbert "Taffy" Jones (3 September 1896 – 11 September 1973) was an English professional footballer. He played for Blackpool, six times in the England team, and was a member of the FA Cup winning team Blackburn Rovers in 1928. He played as a defender. Jones trained as a plumber before World War I. During the war, he was stationed in France. He took part in the truce of Christmas 1915. He became a pacifist and remained so for the rest of his life. In the summer of 1915 or 1916 he was hit by shrapnel when a