John Angus (footballer, born 1938)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 September 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Amble, Northumberland, England | ||
Date of death | 8 June 2021 | (aged 82)||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
Amble Boys' Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1972 | Burnley | 439 | (4) |
International career | |||
1957–1961 |
England U23 | 7 | (0) |
1961 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Angus (2 September 1938 – 8 June 2021) was an English
in 1961.Career
Angus was born in Amble, Northumberland and played for the local boys' club before being signed by Burnley as an amateur at the age of 16[3] in 1954. A year later, he was signed as a professional on his 17th birthday.
At first, he struggled to win a place in the reserve team with the quality of players then at Turf Moor and was less than a week away from his 18th birthday before his reserve team debut. A week after that debut, however, he was called into the first team after the club were hit with a number of injuries and he performed well in a 2–1 victory against Everton on 3 September 1956 giving international winger Tommy Eglington a difficult time.
Over the next two seasons he made a number of appearances in the first team but in 1958 new manager
.He was capped at
Angus continued his good form for Burnley as the title winning team was dismantled, and he had almost reached the age of 30 before his place was under threat. but the emergence of
He had played in a total of 439 league games for Burnley and, with cup games, totalled 521 appearances, which placed him as the outfield player with most appearances for the club at the time, behind only goalkeeper Jerry Dawson. Subsequently, another goalkeeper, Alan Stevenson, surpassed his appearance total. His four goals all came between 1964 and 1966.
Personal life
His uncle, Jack Angus played for Exeter City from 1930 to 1948.[5]
Angus died on 8 June 2021, at the age of 82.[6]
Honours
Burnley
- 1962
See also
References
- ^ Burnley v Everton programme, 1959-08-25, p. 14
- ^ Maurice Golesworthy, ed. (1965). Soccer Who's Who. London: The Sportsmans Book Club.
- ^ Maurice Golesworthy, ed. (1965). Soccer Who's Who. London: The Sportsmans Book Club.
- ^ Austria 3 – England 1; 27 May 1961 (Match summary)
- ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ "John Angus: 1938–2021". Burnley F.C. 9 June 2021.
External links
- Profile on www.englandfc.com
- John Angus at Englandstats.com
- Burnley profile