Jackie Milburn

Jackie Milburn
Jackie Milburn (1957/58)
Personnel
Surname	John Edward Thompson Milburn
birthday	May 11, 1924
place of birth	Ashington ,  England
date of death	October 9, 1988
Place of death	Ashington ,  England
size	182 cm
position	Center Forward
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1944-1957	Newcastle United	353 (178)
1957-1960	Linfield FC	54 0(68)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1948-1955	England	13 0(10)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1957-1960	Linfield FC (player-manager)
1960–1962	Yiewsley FC
1963-1964	Ipswich Town
1 Only league games are given.

John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn (born May 11, 1924 in Ashington , † October 9, 1988 ibid) was an English football player and coach . Milburn, who was successful at Newcastle United and in the English national team, was called by his supporters "Wor Jackie", "Jackie Mellbairn" and in allusion to his worldwide fame "The First World Wor", the term "Wor" from the dialect of Geordie with "Our", that is, in the German language with "Our" can be translated.

Athletic career

Born in the mining town of Ashington in County Northumberland, 25 kilometers from Newcastle upon Tyne , Milburn worked full time as a “buddy” during the Second World War and therefore initially stayed in his home country.

In 1943 , he signed a contract with Newcastle United after responding to an advertisement from the club inviting potential newcomers to a trial session. He appeared at St. James' Park with borrowed football boots wrapped in brown paper, but immediately made a good impression and was invited to a final test match. After Milburn's team were 3-0 down at halftime, he played as a center forward , scored six more goals and won with his team 9-3. Although the Second World War was still raging and Milburn therefore had to continue working in the mines , he was hired by club boss Stan Seymour . When the game was resumed in 1946 , Milburn developed into one of the best players for Newcastle. With 200 goals in 395 games, he is the second best club scorer of all time, just six goals behind Alan Shearer . He started with the "Magpies" as a winger , but changed early to the center forward position after Charlie Wayman moved to Southampton FC in October 1947 and from then on gave Milburn the legendary jersey with the "number 9". Milburn was instrumental in the triple win of the FA Cup in 1951 , 1952 and 1955 and was also a thirteen-time international for England, where he scored ten goals. In June 1957 he left Newcastle to henceforth in Belfast in the FC Linfield in Windsor Park the post of player-coach to hold.

Throughout his career, Milburn has scored 238 goals in 492 games. There followed a brief coaching period at Ipswich Town before he returned to the north of England to work as a sports journalist for the News of the World newspaper . He played a late farewell game with Newcastle in 1967 , having previously feared the club's supporters would have forgotten him after ten years. The game, in which numerous top players - including his nephews, the world champion brothers Bobby and Jack Charlton , as well as the Hungarian world class player Ferenc Puskás - actually saw 50,000 spectators.

Statue of Jackie Milburn in Ashington

Away from the soccer field, Milburn was a calm and humble person and was known to be always friendly to those around him. He died of lung cancer on October 9, 1988 in his hometown of Ashington at the age of 64 . The subsequent funeral was attended by over 30,000 people.

In the same year Newcastle United opened the new west stand in St. James Park and named it after Milburn. In addition, two statues were commissioned in his memory. One of them is now in the main street "Station Road" in his hometown; the other statue is just a minute from St. James Park in Newcastle.

In addition to Jackie, numerous other family members were active in English football, including George for Leeds United and Chesterfield FC , Jack for Bradford City , Jimmy for Leeds United and Bradford Park Avenue, and Stan for Chesterfield FC, Leicester City and Rochdale AFC . Jackie Milburn's sister Cissie was the mother of Bobby and Jack Charlton .

successes

• FA Cup winners: 1951, 1952, 1955

Web links

• Jackie Milburn in the database of weltfussball.de
• BBC portrait of Jackie Milburn