Jack Hill

Life and career At the time of the 1911 Census, the three-year-old Hill was the youngest of eight surviving children of William Hill, a coal miner, and his wife Ann. He was born in the Monkwearmouth area of Sunderland, which was then in County Durham. He played football for Esh Winning and Jarrow before signing for Football League club Newport County in 1928. He played only twice in Third Division matches,

On the same day, Darlington signed Peterborough & Fletton United's Maurice Wellock, and scored 14 goals from 22 league appearances over two seasons, and the second came in the first half of a 5–2 defeat of York City, though the Yorkshire Post reported that the first of the three goals failed to cross the line and the third was offside. As he had been with Newport, he was prolific at reserve-team level, and he signed for North-Eastern League club West Stanley.

After a season with West Stanley, In 1937, the Football Association gave permission for the club to arrange a testimonial match in appreciation of his services. – he signed for Horden Colliery Welfare for 1937–38 and was expected to "get a 'bagful' of goals".