Editing David Jack (section)

==Personal life==
Jack was born in [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]], in 1898, the son of Scottish footballer [[Bob Jack]] and his wife Georgina Nightingale.<ref name=EFO/> He had two brothers, [[Rollo Jack|Rollo]] and Donald, who also played football.<ref name=EFO/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-jacks.html |title=The Jacks |website=Before the 'D'... association football around the world, 1863–1937 |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref>

Jack was married to Kathleen.<ref name=EFO/> Their son, also named David, became a journalist and writer who chaired both the [[Football Writers' Association]] and its Australian counterpart, the Australian Soccer Press Association.<ref name=DJJr>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballmedia.org.au/david-jack.html |title=David Jack |publisher=Football Media Association Australia |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621164622/http://www.footballmedia.org.au/david-jack.html |archive-date=21 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jack died in [[St Thomas' Hospital]], London, in 1958 at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://afchistory.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/arsenal-legend-david-jack-dies-on-this-day-10th-september-1958/ |title=He was one of Arsenal's greatest |first=John |last=Macadam |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London |date=11 September 1958 |page=4 |via=Arsenal On This Day}}</ref>

He served in the [[Royal Navy during the First World War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/green-barmy-jack-lad-responsible-argyle-southend/story-17009011-detail/story.html |title=Jack the lad responsible for Argyle and Southend progress |newspaper=Plymouth Herald |date=29 September 2012 |access-date=22 April 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>