Jack Greenwell

Playing career Jack Greenwell was born in Crook, County Durham, on 2 January 1884. The son of a miner, he became a miner himself after leaving school and played as a wing-half for Crook Town of the English Northern League from the age of 17. He also played with West Auckland Town as a guest player in their Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy success in 1909.

He made his debut as player for Barcelona on 29 September 1912 in a 4–2 win over FC Espanya de Barcelona. Following the departure of Jack Alderson, Greenwell became the club's new player-coach. In 1913, Greenwell arranged for his former team Crook Town to play a series of games against Barcelona. The visiting English team beat them 4–2 and then held them to 1–1 and 2–2 draws. Together with a very young Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Bru and Romà Forns, Greenwell subsequently helped Barcelona win the Catalan championship in 1912–13 and 1915–16.

Managerial career In Spain After retiring as a player, he was appointed manager of Barcelona by the club president, Joan Gamper, and made his managerial debut on 7 July 1917 in a 3–1 win over CE Europa. He would eventually take charge of the club for 492 games and coached the club during their first "golden age". He survived early calls for his resignation after experimenting with Alcántara as a defender and went on to lead the club to four Campionats de Catalunya and two Copas del Rey. During his three seasons with the club, he helped them stave off relegation in his first season, and finish third in the league in his last season, while also finally prevailing over his former team. He was survived by his wife and their daughter, Carmen.

West Auckland Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy: 1909

Barcelona Campionat de Catalunya: 1912–13, 1915–16

As manager Barcelona Copa del Rey: 1920, 1922 Campionat de Catalunya: 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1931–32

RCD Español Copa del Rey: 1928–29 Campionat de Catalunya: 1928–29

Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII Baleares Championship: 1930–31

Valencia CF Campeonato de Valencia: 1933–34

Universitario Peruvian Primera División: 1939

Peru South American Championship: 1939 Bolivarian Games: 1938