Jack Charlton

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Jack Charlton
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Jack Charlton (1969)
Personnel
Surname John Charlton
birthday May 8, 1935
place of birth Ashington , NorthumberlandEngland
date of death July 10, 2020
Place of death NorthumberlandEngland
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1950-1952 Leeds United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1952-1973 Leeds United 628 (70)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1965-1970 England 35 0(6)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1973-1977 Middlesbrough FC
1977-1983 Sheffield Wednesday
1984-1985 Newcastle United
1986-1995 Ireland
1 Only league games are given.

John "Jack" Charlton , OBE (born May 8, 1935 in Ashington , † July 10, 2020 in Northumberland ) was an English football player and coach .

Athletic career

Player career

Defensive midfielder Jack Charlton is the older brother of Bobby Charlton , who joined Manchester United as a teenager when Jack Charlton was still serving in the British military. For many years Jack was overshadowed by his talented brother but joined Leeds United after serving in the military and police . He stayed with this club until the end of his career. Leeds played in the lower leagues in the 1950s and early 1960s, while brother Bobby Charlton was already an international. 1957 and 1964 Leeds rose to the First Division . It was only at the age of 30 that he made his debut in the English national team under coach Alf Ramsey in 1965 . A year later, at the 1966 World Cup, he was part of the team that won the title against Germany .

In 1967 he was voted Footballer of the Year in England, the direct successor to his brother Bobby. At the Football World Cup in Mexico in 1970 he was again part of the defending champion's squad, but was no longer a regular at the age of 35. At this tournament he played his 35th and last international match in the preliminary group game against Czechoslovakia . After numerous attempts and a few defeats in the final, Jack Charlton was finally able to win the English Cup with Leeds in 1972. He retired in 1973 after playing 773 games for Leeds at the age of 38.

Coaching career

Immediately after his playing career, he was coach of the English second division club Middlesbrough FC. At the end of the first season, he was named Coach of the Year - an honor that has not been bestowed on any coach outside the Premier League before. He remained coach of Middlesbrough until 1977. Then he was the new national coach in the conversation, but the choice fell on him, so he was coach of Sheffield Wednesday . At the beginning of the 1980s, after a less than successful job at Newcastle United, he initially withdrew from the coaching business, but then completely surprisingly took over the Irish national football team , which until then had only shown average in a European comparison. This should change under Jack Charlton.

The first big success was the qualification for participation in the European Football Championship in Germany in 1988 . In the very first group game, his team defeated their big rivals England 1-0, which made Charlton a cult figure in Ireland . Ireland was unlucky enough to be eliminated in the last group game against eventual European champions Netherlands with a late conceded goal from a suspicious position, but two years later they were able to present themselves for the first time at a soccer World Cup . And again Ireland was drawn into a preliminary group with England and the Netherlands. This time, however, they were able to qualify for the next round after three draws and only failed in the quarter-finals to Italy with 0: 1.

In 1991 Charlton missed qualifying for the 1992 European Football Championship in Sweden . At the soccer World Cup in the USA in 1994 , his team caused a sensation again when they defeated Italy, who would later be runner-up, in the preliminary round. In the round of 16 she lost 2-0 to the Netherlands.

When Jack Charlton failed to qualify for the 1996 European Football Championship , he resigned and ended his coaching career.

Sickness and death

Charlton died in July 2020 at the age of 85 after a long illness at home in Northumberland, as his longtime club Leeds United announced on its website.

Individual evidence

  1. Brittany Vonow: Jack Charlton dead at 85. In: TheSun.co.uk. July 11, 2020, accessed July 12, 2020 .
  2. RIP JACK CHARLTON. In: LeedsUnited.com. July 11, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .

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