Brothers Dennis and Harvey Jones were born in Rhos near Wrexham in Wales. Dennis was born in 1934 and Harvey was born on August 18, 1936. The boys attended Grove Park Grammar School before they emigrated to Canada with their family in November 1947.
The brothers played for Rochester Red Men’s Soccer Club in 1957-58 as half-backs. The club was leading the Rochester Inter-City League when the Jones brothers left to join Toronto Sparta. Sparta finished 11th in the 15-team 1958 National Soccer League season.
Harvey was a 5’11” and 165 pounds right halfback, and Dennis a six feet and 175 pounds centre-half.
They returned to Rochester and joined the Auers Soccer Club in November 1958. However, in the end of December they went on a tour of Bermuda with Toronto Sparta.
In the summer of 1959 the brothers played with the I.C.A. Italia team in the Toronto-based International Soccer League. Dennis was the captain of the team in two exhibition games against Italian club Palermo, one match was played in Toronto and the other was played in New York.
Dennis was also the captain for the International Soccer League All Stars against Municipal of Lima, Peru, in 1959.
In November 1959 the brothers traveled to Great Britain to try their luck in the English Football League. They first had a short trial with Liverpool F.C. without any success. They then moved on to Wrexham F.C. and made their debut for the Wrexham reserve team in a match in the Cheshire League. Their performances impressed first team manager Cliff Lloyd, and Harvey was given his full debut in a Third Division match against Reading on November 28, 1959. Wrexham won the match 2-1. Harvey played in 13 league games in the 1959-1960 season. Dennis spent the season playing for the reserve team in the Cheshire League. After the season the boys returned to Canada for the summer.
Harvey returned to Britain and signed for Chester City on August 15, 1960. He stayed with Chester City for two more seasons. He played in 19 Football League games for Chester City.
Dennis returned to Rochester and captained the Rochester Italian Americans Soccer Club when they won the National Amateur title in the 1962-63 season. As well as playing soccer he worked at Forbes Production Company. In 1967 Dennis was the player-coach of the Rochester Lancers when they joined the American Soccer League.