Herbert Reason was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back.[1][2] He was nicknamed 'Jumbo', "due to his short and stocky build".[3]
Personal life
Reason was married with three children and worked as a bricklayer.[4] He served as a private in the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 240. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ "Reason Bert "Jumbo" Clapton Orient 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Our Her-O's: Part 4 of Orient's World War I heroes". Leyton Orient FC. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b Jumbo Reason on Lives of the First World War