Jack Haigh

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Jack Haigh
Personal information
Full name Jack Haigh
Date of birth (1928-09-10)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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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[]

  1. ^ "Liverpool career stats for Jack Haigh - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/896 lfchistory.net LFC History. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/club/history/appearance-record-holders/ scunthorpe-united.co.uk Scunthorpe United Football Club. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
  6. ^ Bell, Max (31st August 2020). Scunthorpe United: 20 Legends. Vertical Editions. p157. ISBN 978-1-9088471-9-5

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