Jack Roscamp

John "Jack" Roscamp ( born August 8, 1901 in Blaydon, England; † August 16, 1939 in Shrewsbury, England ) was an English football player who was known for his rustic style of play.

He began his career in Wallsend. In November 1922 he joined Blackburn Rovers. The attacking players made ​​his debut for Rovers on September 29, 1923 home game against West Bromwich Albion in the First Division. In the early years he was known as hard-working, unspectacular external rotor. Thanks to its physically dominated the game, he could compensate for his technical weaknesses. After the departure of -budgetary center forward Ted Harper head coach Bob Crompton put him on a trial basis its position. The position change was successful and Roscamp scored in the first five games scoring seven goals. In the 1928/29 season he moved from the position of center forward, which he had previously filled in on that of the Right Wing. This change proved to be very successful, so he alternately acted as a center forward, right external rotor and right winger in the following two seasons. In the FA Cup final in 1928 against Huddersfield Town he met in the first minute to the opening goal for Rovers, and later he managed a goal for the 3-1 win. In April 1932 he left the Ewood Park and joined Bradford City on. Overall, he completed during his active career 223 league games in the Football League and scored 38 hits. In the FA Cup Roscamp played 26 matches in which he scored seven Torerfolge. In the 1934/35 season, he was active for Shrewsbury Town, where he also held the post of head coach in the same season.

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• FA Cup ( 1928)