Jack CHARLTON

Jack Charlton - Leeds United - League apperances.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 April 1988

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    • POSITION
      Central Defender
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 08 May 1935
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Ashington, England. Died 10th. July 2020 Aged 85.
  • CLUBS
  • Leeds United
    • Club Career Dates
      1952-1973
    • League Debut
      25th. April 1953 against Doncaster Rovers in Division Two
    • Club Career
      628 League apps, 70 goals
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Jack CHARLTON - Leeds United - League apperances.

Jack Charlton played a total of 628 games League Games for Leeds United, 52 FA Cup matches,

7 League Cup, 56 Europe Games and one Charity Shield match.  He is pictured here

whilst he was the manager of The Republic of Ireland.


After retiring as a player he worked as a manager, and led Middlesbrough to the Second Division

title in 1973–74, winning the Manager of the Year award in his first season.. He kept Boro as a

stable top-flight club before he resigned in April 1977. He then took charge of Sheffield Wednesday

in October 1977 and led the club to promotion out of the Third Division in 1979–80. He left the Owls

in May 1983, and went on to serve Middlesbrough as caretaker-manager at the end of the 1983–84

season. He worked as Newcastle United manager for the 1984–85 season. He took charge of the

Republic of Ireland National team in February 1986, and led them to their first ever World Cup in

1990, where they reached the quarter-finals. He also led the nation to successful qualification to

Euro 1988 and the 1994 World Cup.

 

He resigned in January 1996 and retired. Jack died in 2020 aged 85.

  

Leeds:






     1952-1953     Played   
  1
    Scored 
  0
  goals   (Division 2)
     1953-1954     Played   0
    Scored   0
  goals   (Division 2)
     1954-1955     Played   1
    Scored   0
  goals   (Division 2)

  1955-1956     Played  34
    Scored   0
  goals   (Division 2)
     1956-1957     Played  21
    Scored   0
  goals   (Division 1)
     1957-1958     Played  40
    Scored   0
  goals   (Division 1)
     1958-159     Played  39
    Scored   1
  goal   (Division 1)
     1959-1960     Played  41
    Scored   3
  goals   (Division 1)
     1960-1961     Played  41
    Scored   7
  goals   (Division 2)
     1961-1962     Played  34
    Scored   9
  goals   (Division 2)
     1962-1963     Played  38
    Scored   2
  goals   (Division 2)
     1963-1964     Played  25
    Scored   3
  goals   (Division 2)

  1964-1965     Played  39
    Scored   9
  goals   (Division 1)
     1965-1966     Played  40
    Scored   6
  goals   (Division 1)
     1966-1967     Played  28
    Scored   5
  goals   (Division 1)
     1967-1968     Played  34
    Scored   5
  goals   (Division 1)
     1968-1969     Played  41
    Scored   3
  goals   (Division 1)
     1969-1970     Played  32     Scored   3   goals   (Division 1)
     1970-1971     Played  40     Scored   6   goals   (Division 1)
     1971-1972     Played  41     Scored   5   goals   (Division 1)
     1972-1973     Played  18     Scored   3   goals   (Division 1)