Albert Jenkins (8 January 1861 – 22 October 1940)[1] was an English footballer who formed and played for Doncaster Rovers.
[5] At the age of 18, Jenkins was a fitter at Doncaster's Great Northern Railway works and got together a team of friends to play a match against the Yorkshire Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in September 1879.
[1] On the way home they stopped for a breather at the Hall Cross on South Parade[6] and decided to continue to play together and chose the name Doncaster Rovers.
[2] Jenkins was a constant feature on the teamlist in those early years, frequently named as captain up till January 1884.
[1] He married teammate William Salmon's sister,[1] Sarah Joanna Salmon on 26 June 1890 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Priory Place, Doncaster,[7] and continued to live in the town,[3] dying there in 1940 without having had children.