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| Jack Lester | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Jack William Lester | |
| Date of birth: | 8 October 1975 | |
| Place of birth: | Sheffield,  England
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| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position: | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Youth clubs | ||
| 1992–1994 | Grimsby Town
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 1996 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2013 2014 Total |
Grimsby Town → Doncaster Rovers (loan) Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Nottingham Forest Chesterfield Gateshead |
133 (17) 11 (1) 99 (21) 44 (12) 76 (12) 197 (83) 8 (2) 568 (148) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2014–2017 2017 2017–2018 |
Nottingham Forest (U18s) Nottingham Forest (U23s) Chesterfield
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Jack William Lester (born 8 October 1975) is an English former professional footballer and was most recently manager of League Two club Chesterfield.
As a player Sheffield born Lester played as a forward from 1994 to 2014. He came through the youth ranks at Grimsby Town where he moved into the first team in 1994. He became a first team regular and was part of the squad that was victorious in the Football League Trophy and Football League Second Division play-offs during the 1997–98 season. He played at Blundell Park until midway through the 1999–2000 campaign when he was sold to Town's First Division relegation rivals Nottingham Forest. He spent three years as a first team regular for Forest before switching to Sheffield United in 2003. Lester returned to Forest after only spending a year with The Blades. Lester remained at the City Ground for another three seasons before joining Chesterfield in 2007. After six years at Chesterfield, Lester retired on 27 April 2013. On 3 February 2014, Lester came out of retirement and joined Gateshead on a non-contract basis. In his final ever appearance as a player he scored at Wembley Stadium in Gateshead's Football Conference play-off final defeat.
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