Facts:   - death place: belfast , northern ireland    - clubs: ulster knock ulster    - caps: ? ? ?    - position: centre half    - nationalcaps: 7    - years: 1879 -- 1880 1880 -- 1882 1882 -- 1887    - totalcaps: ?    - nationalyears: 1882 -- 1886    - death date: march 1935 1858 y    - nationalgoals: 0      - birth date: 1858    - fullname: john hastings    - name: jack hastings    - totalgoals: ?    - nationalteam: ireland    - birth place: belfast , ireland    - goals: ? ? ?   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack hastings .
john `` jack '' hastings -lrb- 1858 -- march 1935 -rrb- was an irish international footballer who played club football for ulster and knock as a centre half .hastings earned a total of seven caps for ireland between 1882 and 1886 .