Jack Charlton
Jack Charlton (1969 )
John "Jack" Charlton, OBE ( born May 8, 1935 in Ashington ) is an English former football player and coach.
Sports career
Playing career
The defensive midfielder Jack Charlton is the older brother of Bobby Charlton, who already came as a teenager to Manchester United when Jack Charlton still served with the British military. For many years, Jack stood in the shadow of his talented brother, but came after the military and police services to Leeds United. This club he remained faithful to his career end. Leeds played in the 1950s and early 1960s, even in lower leagues, while Brother Bobby Charlton was already international. 1957 and 1964 rose to Leeds in the First Division. Only at the age of 30 he was under coach Alf Ramsey in 1965 his debut in the England team and one year later at the World Cup in 1966 and was part of team that won the World Cup was in the final against Germany.
In 1967 he was elected Player of the year in England and thus was a direct successor of his brother Bobby. With the Football World Cup 1970 in Mexico, he was part of the squad the Defender again, however, was as a 35 -year-old no longer regulars. In this tournament, he made his 35th and last international match in the preliminary round group match against Czechoslovakia. After numerous attempts, and some final defeats Jack Charlton in 1972 could finally win the English Cup with Leeds. He finished in 1973 after 773 games for Leeds at the age of 38 years his active career.
Coaching career
Immediately following his playing career he became a coach from the English second division side FC Middlesbrough and was elected at the end of the first season Coach of the Year - an honor never before a coach of a club was bestowed who did not play in the Premier League. He was manager of Middlesbrough until 1977. Afterwards, he was as new coach talking, but not chosen him, so that he was manager of Sheffield Wednesday. In the early 1980s he retired to a little successful work at Newcastle United from the coach business and back but then took over completely by surprise, the Irish national football team, which previously represented the European average. This should change under Jack Charlton.
The first major achievement was the qualification to participate in the European Football Championship 1988 in Germany. Already in the first group match his team defeated the great rivals England 1-0 what Charlton had become a cult figure in Ireland. Although Ireland resigned in the last group match against the eventual champions Netherlands unhappy with a late goal, but was able to present two years later for the first time at a World Cup. And again Ireland was solved with England and the Netherlands in a preliminary group. This time they could, however, qualify for the next round after three draws and failed in the quarter -finals to Italy 0-1.
1991 Charlton missed the qualification for Euro 1992 in Sweden. With the Football World Cup 1994 in the USA his team made a splash but then again, as they to eventual runners- up Italy defeated in the first round. In the second round they lost to the Netherlands 0-2.
When Jack Charlton in 1995 to qualify for the European Football Championship in 1996 missed, he resigned from his position and finished his coaching career.