Arthur James Jewell (1898–1952), also known as A. J. Jewell, was an English association football manager and referee who during his career coached Norwich City in 1939.[1]
Jewell was born in West Hampstead, London in 1898.[2] During the First World War, he served in the Royal Naval Air Service and became one of the first pilots of the Royal Air Force in 1918.[3]
He refereed in the 1938 FA Cup Final as well as seventeen international matches,[4] including a game between Austria and Egypt in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[5]
During the Second World War, he served as an RAF Physical Fitness Officer.[6]
He became a television commentator for the BBC in 1947 and commentated during the 1948 Summer Olympics as well as five FA Cup Finals before his sudden death in 1952.[7][2]
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