West Ham United
Len Jarvis
Born: Grays, Essex (1884)
Signed: 1903
Position: Wing Half
Appearances: 140
Goals: 7
Left: 1909
Len Jarvis was working at a Grays cement works when a West Ham scout saw him playing for a local football club. Syd King signed Jarvis in 1903. Over the next couple of years Jarvis became a member of a West Ham defence that included George Kitchen, Frank Piercy, David Gardner, Tommy Allison and Bill Wildman. During the 1906-07 season the team only conceded 41 goals in 38 games. Jarvis developed a reputation as a hard man. In a game against Millwall on 17th September, 1906, Jarvis got involved in a fight and was suspended for 14 days. Jarvis was sold to the First Division side Bury in 1909.
Matt Kingsley, David Gardner, Syd King (manager): Middle row: Tom Robinson (trainer),
Fred Brunton, Tommy Allison, Frank Piercy, John Russell, Len Jarvis, Fred Mercer,
Charlie Paynter (assistant trainer). Front row: William McCartney, Charlie Simmons,
Billy Bridgeman, Jack Fletcher, Christopher Carrick, Jack Flynn.
