Reg Jenkins

Reginald Jenkins (7 October 1938 – 29 January 2013) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League between the 1950s and 1970s.[1]

Reg Jenkins
Personal information
Full name Reginald Jenkins
Date of birth (1938-10-07)7 October 1938
Place of birth Millbrook, England
Date of death 29 January 2013(2013-01-29) (aged 74)
Place of death Tenerife, Spain
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Plymouth Argyle 16 (3)
1960–1961 Exeter City 20 (6)
1961–1964 Torquay United 88 (23)
1964–1973 Rochdale 305 (119)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jenkins was born in Millbrook, Cornwall. After short spells with Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City, he joined Torquay United in the 1961–62 season,[2] and went on to make 88 league appearances for the Gulls.[1]

He joined Rochdale in 1964–65 and went on to play for them for nine seasons.[1] He became Rochdale's record goalscorer, scored 119 league goals for the club,[3] and made 305 appearances a then record, surpassed a year later by Graham Smith.[4] In 2004, he was voted Rochdale's greatest-ever player by the club's fans.[5]

While recuperating from a knee operation in Tenerife, Spain, Jenkins died in January 2013 at the age of 74.[6]

A year after his death, in February 2014, his home-town club, Millbrook, renamed their ground in honour of Jenkins.[7] The ground, formerly known as Mill Park, is now officially referred to as Jenkins Park. In October 2016, the club renovated the main stand to reflect the name change.

References
  1. "Reg Jenkins". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. "Reg Jenkins". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. "Club History". Rochdale A.F.C. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
  4. Brookes, Mike (2008). Legends of Rochdale AFC. At Heart. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-84547-194-1.
  5. Reg Jenkins Passes Away Rochdale A.F.C.
  6. "Rochdale FC legend Reg Jenkins dies". Manchester Evening News. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  7. Millbrook rename home to celebrate modest life of 'Big' Reg Jenkins Plymouth Herald
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