'When historians talk about the great footballing brothers, Jack and Arthur are rarely mentioned.'
Arthur Rowley, left, at West Bromwich Albion in 1947, and brother Jack in his England cap
A new book, The Forgotten Brothers, charts the pair's upbringing in pre-war Wolverhampton, their Second World War exploits, their playing careers and forays into management.Author Ian Davidson died a month after completing the book but the Rowley family and Leicester City FC fan Steve Jacques ensured it was published by Blue Army Publishing.
"For almost three decades, brothers Jack and Arthur Rowley terrorised the defences of Football League teams, plundering almost 700 goals between them in all competitions." Though beloved and remembered where they played, the brothers careers were before mass media, Match of the Day and their successors in the game became household names despite not reaching the goalscoring heights of the pair.
The brothers sporting excellence was forged in the Black Country. Their father Mark played in goal for Walsall. Growing up in Wolverhampton, Jack first laced his boots up for Dudley Old Boys before signing professional forms with Wolverhampton Wanderers as a fifteen year old in November 1935.Arthur Rowley at his Shewsbury Town testimonial in 1995 at Gay Meadow
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