Mark Jones (footballer)
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| Mark Jones | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Jones | |
| Date of birth | June 15, 1933 | |
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | |
| Date of death | February 6, 1958 (aged 24) | |
| Place of death | Munich, Germany | |
| Playing position | Central Defender | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1950-1958 | Manchester United | 103 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mark Jones (15 June 1933 – 6 February 1958) was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. Born near Barnsley in 1933, he was the club's first-choice centre-half for much of the 1950s and collected two league championship winner's medals. He missed the 1957 FA Cup final defeat because of an eye injury, and was looking set for an international call-up which would surely have come his way had he not perished at Munich. Mark was survived by his wife June and two-year-old son Gary. His daughter Lynne was born four months after the Munich Air Disaster, and June has since re-married. Mark was buried in Wombwell, near Barnsley.
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