Jack Haigh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Haigh | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 September 2007 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Doncaster, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bolton Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 1949–1952 | Liverpool | 11 | (3) |
| 1952–1960 | Scunthorpe United | 329 | (66) |
| 1960–1962 | Doncaster Rovers | 72 | (6) |
| 1962–1965 | Buxton | ||
| Total | 412 | (75) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jack Haigh (1928–2007) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League. He also played for Rawmarsh Welfare F.C.[1]
Signed by Scunthorpe from Liverpool for £4,000 in August 1952,[2] Haigh earned the nickname the 'Iron Man' after starring in Scunthorpe's FA Cup victory over Newcastle United in January 1958.[3]
He was described by ex-England manager Graham Taylor as "an inside-forward of craft and cunning. Today he would be described as a midfield genius and would be a regular in the England team. He could see and make a pass that no other play could see or make."[4]
Haigh sits sixth on the Scunthorpe United all-time appearance list, with 360 appearances and 71 goals in all competitions.[5] Following his retirement in 1965, Jack and his wife Doris settled in the Balby area of Doncaster, where for many years the couple ran a corner shop.[6]
References
- ^ "Liverpool career stats for Jack Haigh - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".
- ^ Keith, John Billy Liddell: The Legend Who Carried The Kop. Page 150. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pcQh1m7TRPUC&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=jack+haigh+scunthorpe&source=bl&ots=fsCWN74gOs&sig=ACfU3U3vePfK6CKIZAReuB6X-a0gC9ir-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA_7f0k8DoAhVtQUEAHel_Dmg4FBDoATAFegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=jack%20haigh%20scunthorpe&f=false
- ^ https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/896 lfchistory.net LFC History. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
- ^ Cowlin, Chris (5th December 2007). Celebrities' Favourite Football Teams. Apex Publishing. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t_Y_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT164&lpg=PT164&dq=jack+haigh+scunthorpe&source=bl&ots=42JFqy7znk&sig=ACfU3U0SCh85QqkI4hFwhlfpdllKH0M61w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig5IvtkMDoAhWdQRUIHW34Bdw4ChDoATAIegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=jack%20haigh%20scunthorpe&f=true
- ^ https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/club/history/appearance-record-holders/ scunthorpe-united.co.uk Scunthorpe United Football Club. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
- ^ Bell, Max (31st August 2020). Scunthorpe United: 20 Legends. Vertical Editions. p157. ISBN 978-1-9088471-9-5
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- 1928 births
- 2007 deaths
- English footballers
- Footballers from Rotherham
- Association football inside forwards
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Buxton F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football forward, 1920s birth stubs