John Forster Alcock

John Forster Alcock
Personal information
Full name	John Forster Alcock
Date of birth	(1841-04-14)14 April 1841
Place of birth	Sunderland, County Durham, England
Date of death	13 March 1910(1910-03-13) (aged 67)
Place of death	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1862–1876	Wanderers
	Harrow Pilgrims
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Forster Alcock (1841–1910) was an influential English sportsman and football organiser. He was founder of Football Association and FA Committee-member in 1863 – 1866.^[1]

Biography

John Forster Alcock was born in Sunderland in 1841 to Charles Alcock (1807–1881) – a ship-owner and ship-broker – and Elizabeth Forster (1825–1891). He was the eldest child of 9 and the family lived on Norfolk Street (otherwise known as Sunniside), Sunderland and on the same street lived an uncle who headed the Alcock family’s upholstery business. The Alcock family relocated prior to the 1861 census to the London area and both John Forster Alcock and Charles William Alcock (his younger brother) attended Harrow School.

Less is known of John Forster Alcock than his brother, but he was a ship-owner and ship-broker who represented the Forest Club at the meetings that led to the foundation of the FA in 1863. He served on the committee of the FA until 1866 when he was replaced by Charles William Alcock.^[2]

John Forster Alcock died aged 69 in 1910.

Family

John Forster Alcock married Catherine Ruth Rouse (1848–1891) in 1867 and they divorced in 1874. He then married Augusta Lackland White (1867–1956) in Hampstead in 1886 and they went on to have three children: Frank Alcock (1887–1917 Rhodesia Rifles attd Kings African Rifles<CWGC>), Augusta Theodora Alcock (1888-unknown), John Forster Alcock (1896–1977).

References

Notes

Bibliography

^†Alcock, Charles. Football: our winter game. 1874.
Booth, Keith. The Father of Modern Sport: The Life and Times of Charles W. Alcock, Parrs Wood Press. 2002. ISBN 1-903158-34-6

External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about:
Charles William Alcock

The Football Association

Founder members	Barnes Blackheath Blackheath Proprietary School HM Civil Service Crusaders Crystal Palace Kensington School Leytonstone Forest No Names Club Perceval House Surbiton

Presidents	Arthur Pember E. C. Morley Francis Marindin Arthur Kinnaird Charles Clegg William Pickford The Earl of Athlone HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Duke of Gloucester The Earl of Harewood HRH The Duke of Kent HRH The Duke of York HRH The Duke of Cambridge

Chairmen	Charles Clegg A. G. Hines M. Frowde Amos Brook Hirst Arthur Drewry Graham Doggart Joe Mears Andrew Stephen Harold Warris Thompson Bert Millichip Keith Wiseman Geoff Thompson Lord Triesman David Bernstein Greg Dyke Greg Clarke

Secretaries	E. C. Morley R. W. Willis R. G. Graham Charles W. Alcock Frederick Wall Stanley Rous Denis Follows Ted Croker

Chief Executives	Graham Kelly David Davies Adam Crozier David Davies Mark Palios David Davies Brian Barwick Ian Watmore Martin Glenn

General Secretary	Alex Horne

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