Jack Head

Jack Head was a goalkeeper and later coach, formerly of Fulham. He joined the club not long after they had turned professional, playing between the sticks from 1899 until 1905. He won two Southern League Division Two Championship medals in 1901-02 and 1902-03 before being pushed into the reserves after Fulham were drafted into the Southern League Division One in 1903-04, following the signatures of bigger name goalkeepers of the time in Jack Fryer and Billy Biggar. He had two younger twin brothers who became full backs at the club - Charlie Head and Harry Head, though only for the reserves.

=Career=

Before Fulham
Jack had originally played in goal for Southfields St Barnabas, a club born out of a local church in the London suburb of Southfields before he moved down the road to join Wandsworth, a club which Fulham regularly played against at the time and had become local rivals with.

Fulham (1899-1905)
Jack signed for Fulham in late 1899, taking over in goal from Albert 'Jack' Maile and became more or less a mainstay at Craven Cottage for the following three and a half seasons.

During his time with the club, Jack had won two Championship medals, in the 1901-02 and 1902-03 seasons, and was club captain from 1900 until 1902.

In the summer of 1903, the club were allowed into the Southern League Division One despite losing a 'Test Match' in April 1902 against Brentford, 7-2. This had meant raising a first-class squad of players capable of competing in this higher standard of football, and as such, Fulham had bought in many well-known figures such as Jack Fryer and Billy Biggar - both goalkeepers.

Unfortunately for Jack, this meant he was pushed down the pecking order and struggled to even get game time with the reserves - he did however managed two appearances in the Western League in 1904-05 which would prove to be his final season playing at the club.

After Fulham
Jack returned to his former club Wandsworth in the summer of 1905 and finished his playing career there. He was living at Farlow Road, Putney by 1911 and working as an assistant turncock for the Metropolitan Water Board. He later re-joined Fulham in the 1920's to join the backroom staff as a coach.

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