One of Jacks stories was when he was an apprentice at Leeds when Frank Buckley was manager,where he was a very humble man and came from humble beginnings. I wonder if this helped him to become the great manager that he undoubtedly was?
"Yet beneath the gruff exterior, he was a kind man, as he demonstrated once when I met him. My shoes must have been a sight, for when he looked down at them, he asked me if they were the only pair I had. I nodded. The next morning, he summoned me to his office and handed me a pair of Irish brogues, the strongest, most beautiful shoes I'd ever seen. And I had them for years."
Frank Buckley was of course a Blackpool manager from the 20s and introduced a scouting and youth system to BR. He's also credited with bringing in the tangerine shirts.