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Jack Charlton
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English footballer and manager (1935-2020)
Key facts
- 1984
- Middlesbrough (caretaker)
- Full name
- John Charlton
- Date of birth
- ( 1935-05-08 ) 8 May 1935
- Place of birth
- Ashington , Northumberland , England
- Date of death
- 10 July 2020 (2020-07-10) (aged 85)
- Place of death
- Ashington , Northumberland , England
- Height
- 6 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.87 m)
- Position
- Centre back
- 1950 1952
- Leeds United
- Years
- Team
- 1952 1973
- Leeds United
- 1965 1970
- England
- 1973 1977
- Middlesbrough
- 1977 1983
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 1984 1985
- Newcastle United
- 1986 1996
- Republic of Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jack
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ashington
- Place of death
- Northumberland
- Sibling
- Bobby Charlton
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1988
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- Country for sport
- England
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Jack Charlton.jpg
- Height
- 1.91
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- Commons category
- Jack Charlton
- date of birth
- 1935-05-08
- coach of sports team
- Republic of Ireland men's national association football team
- end of work period
- 1973-00-00
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-07-10
- name in native language
- Jack Charlton
- medical condition
- dementia
- pseudonym
- Jirafa
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P12749
- Josef Bachmann
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Encyclopedic overview
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John Charlton (8 May 1935 – 10 July 2020) was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back for Leeds United. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland national team from 1986 to 1996, taking them to two World Cups and one European Championship. He was given Irish citizenship in 1996. He was the elder brother of Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton and one of his teammates in England's World Cup final victory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jack Charlton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.