Johnny Haynes

Johnny Haynes
Personnel
Surname	John Norman Haynes
birthday	October 17, 1934
place of birth	Kentish Town , London ,  England
date of death	October 18, 2005
Place of death	Edinburgh ,  Scotland
position	Half-striker
Juniors
Years	station
	FC Feltham
	Wimbledon FC
	Woodford Town
1950-1952	Fulham FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1952-1970	Fulham FC	594 (147)
1961	→  Toronto City  (loan)
1970-1972	Durban City
1972-1973	Wealdstone FC
1973	Durban City
1974	Durban United
1974	Durban Celtic
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1954-1952	England	56 0(18)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1968	Fulham FC (Interim)
1 Only league games are given.

John Norman "Johnny" Haynes (born October 17, 1934 in Kentish Town , London , † October 18, 2005 in Edinburgh ) was an English football player . The half-striker and record player of Fulham FC, admired as the "Maestro", was the first professional footballer to be paid 100 pounds a week and played in 56 international matches and two World Cup tournaments (1958 and 1962) for England .

Athletic career

Sculpture of Haynes in front of Craven Cottage

Since Fulham FC had no youth department of their own in the late 1940s, Haynes first played in the youth teams of Feltham FC, Wimbledon FC and Woodford Town, before joining the Cottagers in 1950 with his friend Tosh Chamberlain . In May 1952 he became a professional player and on Boxing Day of the same year he played his first game for the second division against Southampton FC (1: 1). Even at a young age it became clear that the technically well -trained half-forward should become a key figure. At a time when the teams in the World Cup system still had five attackers (two wingers, two half-strikers and one center forward) and their own full-backs followed the wingers in their man coverage to the sideline, he was mainly with his long diagonal passes very successful in the opposing half. In his first full season 1953/54 he was also dangerous with 18 competitive goals and although he only played in the Second Division, he played his first international game for England on October 2, 1954 against Northern Ireland - in a 2-0 success he succeeded His first goal straight away.

At Fulham FC and in the English selection, Haynes was a regular player in the following years. After he had already been in the extended squad in 1954 , but had not traveled to the tournament in Switzerland, he completed two World Cup finals for England in 1958 in Sweden and 1962 in Chile - he was eliminated early in the group stage and four years later in the Quarter finals. With 26 goals in 34 championship games - including all four hits in the 4-2 win over Lincoln City - Haynes was instrumental in the 1958/59 season in ensuring that Fulham FC returned to the First Division after seven years of second division . Two years later he was the team captain of the English selection, which on April 15, 1961, spectacularly defeated rivals from Scotland 9-3. Haynes himself scored two goals and even piqued the interest of Italy's AC Milan . The homely "Maestro", as Haynes was called, turned down the offer, just like offers from Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur in England - the fact that his weekly salary rose to 100 pounds, which was previously unreached in the United Kingdom, was "supportive" was raised. In 1961, he came third in the European Footballer of the Year election .

Haynes suffered a serious setback in August 1962 when he had an accident with his car in Blackpool , where the Fulham was playing a league game at the time. His legs were so badly damaged that it was revealed that he would never be able to play soccer again. His international career was over after 56 caps and 18 goals in any case. Haynes never regained his previous speed and so he could not continue his career in the English selection. He stayed with Fulham FC well into the 1960s. There he had to see in the end in 1968 and 1969 how his club was passed from the first to the third division. On January 17, 1970, Haynes, who had briefly coached the Cottagers just two years earlier after the dismissal of Sir Bobby Robson , played his 658th and last game against Stockport County ; he scored a total of 158 goals for Fulham FC.

Haynes spent most of his last years as a footballer in South Africa in the early 1970s ; he was even able to win the championship there with Durban City , which he had always failed to do at the small London club in Fulham. In the 1980s he returned to the British Isles and lived for many years in Edinburgh, Scotland . There he was also the victim of a car accident in October 2005. He died as a result of his serious injuries; his accompanying wife and the driver of another car involved remained physically unharmed.

literature

• Turner, Dennis: Fulham - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1 , pp. 171-172 .

Web links

• Obituary The Times (English)
• Obituary Fulham (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "When Toronto pulled in the stars" ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (www.amoresplendidlife.com)  
2. ↑ "Legendary Haynes dies after crash" (BBC Sport)