Challinor: John (Jack)

WW2 Guest: 1943-1944 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

Left Back

Born: Middlewich, Cheshire: 05-08-1916

Debut: v Doncaster Rovers (a): 23-10-1943

Height & Weight: Unknown

Challinor started with Non-League Witton Albion before joining First Division Stoke City in the 1937-38 season. He stayed at the Victoria Ground for two seasons and played forty-three League games and three more in the F.A. Cup without scoring. He later joined Irish club Linfield. He guested for Leeds United in the 1943-44 season. He played all of his games at Left Back, completing five games in the First Championship and nine in the Second Championship. Apart from Leeds, Challinor also played for several other clubs during the Second World War. He guested with Nottingham Forest in 1940-41, when he played fourteen games and 1941-42 when he added another nine games. He also played for his own club Stoke five times in 1940-41 and again five times in 1945-46. In 1942-43 he played once for Derby County, ten times for Doncaster Rovers and once for Notts County and he also played six games for them in 1943-44. He did not score for anyone in War-time fixtures. It is not thought that Challinor played in the Football League after the War. He died in 1981.