John Milburn (18 March 1908 – 21 August 1979) was an English
footballer
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who played 408 games for
Leeds United
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. He was also a football
manager
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.
Biography
Born in
Ashington
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,
Northumberland
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, England, Milburn was a member of the famous Milburn footballing family. His cousin
Jackie, known as Wor Jackie, played for
Newcastle United. Other members of the Milburn family included brothers
George
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(
Leeds United
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and
Chesterfield),
Jimmy (Leeds United and
Bradford) and
Stan (Chesterfield,
Leicester City
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and
Rochdale
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), as well as his nephews
Bobby
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and
Jack Charlton
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.
Playing career
Jack Milburn was a
left back who played a total of 423 league and cup games in a career that was interrupted for seven years by
World War II
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. All but 15 of those were for
Leeds United
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. In 2000, he was voted the 83rd greatest Leeds player by the club.
He finished his career at
Bradford City
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...
where he played 14 league games.
Managerial career
Milburn had moved to
Bradford City
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...
in October 1946, in the twilight of his playing career as player-coach to
Jack Barker
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Playing career
Derby County
Born in ...
. Barker resigned in January 1947 after just eight months in charge leaving Milburn as the natural replacement becoming the club's first ever player-manager.
Milburn led the club to fifth in
Division Three (North) in his first six months in charge. The following season the club came just 14th and during the summer Milburn handed over to
David Steele although he remained at the club as Steele's assistant.
References
External links
Leeds United profile*
1908 births
Sportspeople from Ashington
1979 deaths
English footballers
Leeds United F.C. players
Norwich City F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. managers
Association football fullbacks
English football managers
Footballers from Northumberland
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