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Jack Greenwell

1884 - 1942

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John Richard Greenwell (2 January 1884 – 20 November 1942) was an English football manager and former player. He is Barcelona's longest serving manager, having coached the club for ten consecutive seasons (initially as player-coach, then as manager), later returning to coach for two more seasons in the 1930s. In 1939, Greenwell became the only non-South American coach to date to win the South American Championship when he guided Peru to their first win. He also served as a manager with CD Castellón, RCD Español, Valencia CF, Sporting de Gijón, Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII, Universitario de Deportes, and Independiente Santa Fe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Greenwell is the 1,630th most popular soccer player (up from 1,638th in 2019), the 2,793rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,582nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Jack Greenwell ranks 1,630 out of 21,273Before him are Ramón Grosso, Joaquim Rifé, Kenta Komatsu, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Jaime Rodríguez, and Mario Varglien. After him are Koke, Marinho Chagas, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Juan Carlos Calvo, Graeme Souness, and Júlio Baptista.

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Among people born in 1884, Jack Greenwell ranks 120Before him are Frank Waller, Ludowika Jakobsson, Solomon Lefschetz, Dénes Kőnig, Evelyn Nesbit, and Angelos Sikelianos. After him are Gösta Lilliehöök, Bohumil Kubišta, Rickard Sandler, Blanche Stuart Scott, Bernhard Goetzke, and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz. Among people deceased in 1942, Jack Greenwell ranks 137Before him are Heinrich Burger, Mordechai Gebirtig, Roberto Arlt, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Wojciech Kossak, and Daniel Alomía Robles. After him are Vladislav Vančura, Emil von Sauer, Joseph Larmor, Juhan Kukk, Xiao Hong, and Gerard Philips.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Greenwell ranks 2,794 out of 8,785Before him are Thomas Wright (1711), Ed Davey (1965), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), William Robert Grove (1811), and Robert Catesby (1573). After him are Michael Byrne (1943), Dougray Scott (1965), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), Willie Watson (1920), and Graeme Souness (1953).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jack Greenwell ranks 106Before him are Tony Woodcock (1955), Pat Crerand (1939), Joe Spence (1898), Mick Jones (1945), Kyle Walker (1990), and Ronnie Clayton (1934). After him are Graeme Souness (1953), John Terry (1980), Peter Thompson (1942), Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831), Dennis Viollet (1933), and Pat Jennings (1945).