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Joey Jones

Welsh association football player (1955–2025)

Born
March 4, 1955
Died
July 22, 2025
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1955

About Joey Jones

Joseph Patrick Jones (4 March 1955 – 22 July 2025) was a Welsh footballer who played as a full-back. Jones most notably played for Liverpool, with whom he won two European Cups. He is also known for his long association with Wrexham, playing for the club in three separate stints, and was involved in the coaching set-up on-and-off from the early 1990s, including a brief spell as caretaker manager in 2001. Internationally, he represented Wales on 72 occasions from 1975 to 1986. Jones established himself as a right-back and helped Wrexham to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1974, the first time the club had reached that stage. In 1977, Jones was part of the treble-chasing Liverpool team which won the League championship and European Cup and reached the FA Cup Final. Jones scored his first goal for the club on 9 November 1976 in the 5–1 league win against Leicester City at Anfield.

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Joey Jones timeline

  1. Jones established himself as a right-back and helped Wrexham to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1974, the first time the club had reached that stage.
  2. Jones scored his first goal for the club on 9 November 1976 in the 5–1 league win against Leicester City at Anfield.
  3. In 1977, Jones was part of the treble-chasing Liverpool team which won the League championship and European Cup and reached the FA Cup Final.

The world when Joey Jones was born

Joey Jones was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Joey Jones's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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