Dennis Jones was an English footballer who played at half back for various clubs in the 1920s.

Football career

Price was born in Shirebrook

Shirebrook

Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district of north-east Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 9,291 , 10,412...

 and, after several years playing at centre-half in the Central Alliance League for his home-town team, joined Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 in June 1921, where he was switched to right-half.

After three seasons at Filbert Street

Filbert Street

Filbert Street, in Leicester, England, was a football stadium, and the home of Leicester City from 1891 to 2002. Although officially titled "The City Business Stadium" in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadia.- Early years :The club,...

, Jones moved to the south coast to join Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

 in May 1924 along with winger Fred Price

Fred Price (footballer)

Frederick Thomas "Fred" Price was an English footballer who played at outside left for various clubs in the 1920s.-Football career:...

 as part of an exchange deal that saw full-back Harry Hooper

Harry Hooper (footballer born 1900)

Harold “Harry” Hooper was an English footballer who played at full-back for various clubs in the 1920s. He was known to supporters as "Rufus" because of the colour of his hair.-Football career:...

 move in the opposite direction. At The Dell, Jones found it hard to break into the first-team with Bert Shelley

Bert Shelley

Frederick Albert "Bert" Shelley was an English footballer, who played as a half back for Southampton, for whom he made nearly 450 appearances, before becoming a coach at Southampton...

, Alec Campbell

Alec Campbell

Alexander William Campbell was the final surviving Australian participant of the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. His death broke the last living link of Australians with the Gallipoli story....

 and George Harkus

George Harkus

George Cecil Harkus MBE was an English professional footballer who played as a half back for Southampton in the 1920s before serving with distinction in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.-Early days:...

 all well-established as the three half-backs. Jones replaced Campbell for four matches in September 1924, but made only three further appearances before returning to the Midlands at the end of the season.

Jones joined Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town F.C.

Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...

  in the summer of 1925 where he spent a season before dropping down to non-league football with spells at Shirebrook, Sutton Town and Wombwell, before becoming a scout for Leicester City and Mansfield Town.

After the Second World War, Jones joined Mansfield Town as a trainer.