Jack Kirwan

Name: John Henry Kirwan
Born: 9 February 1878, Co. Wicklow*
Died: 7 January 1959, Hendon, London**
Position: Outside-Left

Representative Honours: Ireland: 17 Full Caps/2 Goals (1900-1909).
Club Honours: (with Spurs) FA Cup Winner 1900/01; Southern League Champion 1899/1900; (with Chelsea) Football League Division Two Runner-Up 1906/07 (promoted).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Kirkdale	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southport Central	-	-	-	-	(Lancashire League)
Everton	98/99	July-1898	-	24/ 5	2/0	-
Tottenham Hotspur	99/00-04/05	c/s-1899	-	154/37	(Southern League)
Chelsea	05/06-07/08	May-1905	-	73/17	3/1	-
Clyde	08/09	-	-	31/ 8	-	-
Leyton	09/10	-	-	37/ 6	(Southern League)
TOTALS	-	£-		319/73	5/1	-

Biography:
Full bio to follow.

With his playing days over, Kirwan moved to the Netherlands where he became Ajax’s first ever “manager” in September 1910. He led them to the Dutch top-flight for the first time in 1911, returning to the UK in 1915 after the outbreak of the First World War. Kirwan later had a spell as coach of Livorno in Italy (1923-1924), before settling in the London area. Amongst his many caps and medals, one of Kirwan’s most prized possessions was the ball used in the 1901 FA Cup Final, and he kept it until he died in 1959.

A more detailed biography courtesy of Gavan Bergin can be found here.

Ireland Cap Details: 

1. 24-02-1900 Wales... A L 0-2 BC
2. 22-02-1902 Wales... A W 3-0 BC
3. 22-03-1902 England. H L 0-1 BC
4. 14-02-1903 England. A L 0-4 BC
5. 21-03-1903 Scotland A W 2-0 BC 1 Goal
6. 28-03-1903 Wales... H W 2-0 BC
7. 12-03-1904 England. H L 1-3 BC 1 Goal
8. 21-03-1904 Wales... A W 1-0 BC
9. 26-03-1904 Scotland H D 1-1 BC
10. 25-02-1905 England. A D 1-1 BC
11. 18-03-1905 Scotland A L 0-4 BC
12. 08-04-1905 Wales... H D 2-2 BC
13. 17-02-1906 England. H L 0-5 BC
14. 17-03-1906 Scotland H L 0-1 BC
15. 02-04-1906 Wales... A D 4-4 BC
16. 23-02-1907 Wales... H L 2-3 BC
17. 15-03-1909 Scotland A L 0-5 BC

Summary: 17/2. Won 4, Drew 4, Lost 9.

* Alternative suggested birth details, 25th April 1872, Waterford. 

** Or possibly 9th