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): Aries Spears • Chanel Harris-Tavita • Charles V, Duke of Lorraine • Dooley Wilson • Louis Applebaum • Peter Hartley (footballer)

Born in the same month (April 1898): Agnes Ayres • Chiungtze C. Tsen • Constance Talmadge • Curly Lambeau • Harindranath Chattopadhyay • Harry Edward • Henry Luce • Jeanne Hébuterne • John Grierson • Lily Pons • Lucius D. Clay • Vicente Aleixandre