On this day in 1928, Arsenal completed the world record transfer of forward David Jack from Bolton Wanderers for a massive fee of £10,890.
Interestingly, this was not the first time that a club paid a world record fee to secure Jack’s services. Born in Bolton, Jack began his footballing career with Plymouth Argyle. Scoring 15 goals in 48 appearances in the old Football League Third Division caught the attention of his hometown club Bolton Wanderers. In 1920, Bolton paid a world record fee of £3,500 to sign him. The sum was a £1000 more than the previous record set by Blackburn Rovers who paid £2,500 for Heart of Midlothian’s Percy Dawson in 1914.