David Jack

David Bone Nightingale Jack was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 490 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembley – in the 1923 FA Cup Final – and was capped nine times for England. After retiring as a player, he managed Southend United, Middlesbrough and Shelbourne.

3 April 1898

Born on the same birth date (3 April 1898): George Jessel (actor) • Henry Luce

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Adam Scott (actor) • Alec Baldwin • Alexander Macomb (general) • Bernie Parent • Billy Joe Royal • Brandon Graham • Carlos Salinas de Gortari • Dave Miley • Dooley Wilson • Edward Everett Hale • Emmanuel Collard • Hikaru Saeki • Igor Svyatoslavich • Jan and Dean • John Abernethy (surgeon) • John Burroughs • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Martyn Rooney • Maxi López • Stanisława Walasiewicz • Ted Hook • Theodoros Kolokotronis

Born in the same month (April 1898): Agnes Ayres • Chiungtze C. Tsen • Curly Lambeau • E. J. Bowen • George Jessel (actor) • Harindranath Chattopadhyay • Harry Edward • Henry Luce • Jeanne Hébuterne • John Grierson • Lily Pons • Ludwig Bemelmans • Paul Robeson • Vicente Aleixandre • William James Sidis