Johnny Haynes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Norman Haynes | ||
Date of birth | 17 October 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Kentish Town, London, England | ||
Date of death | 18 October 2005 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1970 | Fulham | 594 | (146) |
1951 | → Wimbledon (loan) | 6 | (4) |
1961 | → Toronto City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
1970–1971 | Durban City | 24 | (9) |
1972–1973 | Wealdstone | 3 | (0) |
Total | 632 | (160) | |
International career | |||
1955–1957 |
England U23 | 8 | (8) |
1954–1962 | England | 56 | (18) |
Managerial career | |||
1968 | Fulham (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Norman Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) was an English
Playing career
The son of a post office engineer, Haynes was born in Kentish Town and supported Arsenal as a boy. He signed for Fulham as a 15-year-old amateur in 1950 when Fulham were in a three-season spell in the First Division. He was loaned to then non-League Wimbledon. He made his senior debut aged 18 in the 1952 Boxing Day visit of Southampton to Fulham, then in their first season back in the Second Division.[3]
Haynes made his debut for England in October 1954, scoring a goal in a 2–0 victory over Northern Ireland in Belfast. He first captained England in 1960 and played for them in two World Cups.[4]
He was one of many signatories of a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing "the policy of apartheid" in international sport and defending "the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games".[5]
Haynes played in his first of two FA Cup semi-finals in
In August 1962 on
Fulham were relegated in 1968. Haynes then had a single spell in football management, taking charge of Fulham for eighteen days in November that year after the dismissal of Bobby Robson as player-manager, but Haynes never had any ambition to go into coaching. That season, Fulham endured a second successive relegation. His last appearance for Fulham's first team was on 17 January 1970 in a Third Division home match against Stockport County.[citation needed] In total, he made 657 appearances for Fulham and scored 157 goals.[3]
In 1970, Haynes announced his retirement, aged 35, and joined
Post-playing career
On retiring from playing in 1970 he was already an active bookmaker. He sold his chain of bookmakers to The Tote in 1976.[9] In 1985 he moved to Edinburgh, the city of his partner Avril.[9][10] Haynes first met Avril in the 1960s when she travelled down to London to buy stock for boutiques she ran in Edinburgh.[10] On moving to Edinburgh he ran a laundry business with Avril,[11] played golf[9] and watched local club, Heart of Midlothian. In 2004 he and Avril married in a private ceremony at Dalkeith registry office.[10]
Death
On 17 October 2005, his 71st birthday, Haynes was driving his car, with Avril as passenger, on Edinburgh's Dalry Road when he suffered a brain
Tributes
In 2002 Haynes became an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his football talents and impact on the English game.[13]
On the day of Haynes' death, Alan Mullery, another ex-Fulham and England player, made the following tribute: "He was the only reason I went to Fulham as a young boy of 15 leaving school. He was my hero, the captain of England and Fulham. The word great rolls off the tongue quite easily these days but he really was. He was the best passer of a ball I have ever seen - I don't know anyone who could pass a ball as accurately. Anyone who saw him will know what a great player he was."[4]
Shortly after his death, the Stevenage Road Stand at Craven Cottage was renamed The Johnny Haynes Stand.
Bobby Moore, England captain from 1964 to 1973, said of him: "Once you get used to watching that perfection you realised the rest of the secret. John was always available, always hungry for the ball, always wanting to play. I loved watching the player. Later I learnt to love the man." Pelé said he had "never seen a better passer of the ball" than Haynes.[15]
The Fulham Supporters Trust stated: "His dedication, skill, professionalism, grace and charm - both in his playing days and in retirement - serve as a poignant reminder to many of today's footballers about what true greatness really means."[4] On 28 July 2008, Fulham announced that fundraising had commenced, with the co-operation of a fan's group, to produce a lasting tribute to Haynes.[16] The Johnny Haynes Statue was unveiled outside the stadium before the 0–0 draw v Sunderland on Saturday 18 October 2008.
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup
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Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham | 1952–53
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Second Division | 18 | 1 | ||||||||
1953–54
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41 | 16 | ||||||||||
1954–55
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37 | 8 | ||||||||||
1955–56
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40 | 18 | ||||||||||
1956–57
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33 | 5 | ||||||||||
1957–58
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38 | 15 | ||||||||||
1958–59
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34 | 26 | ||||||||||
1959–60
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First Division | 31 | 10 | |||||||||
1960–61
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39 | 9 | ||||||||||
1961–62
|
38 | 5 | ||||||||||
1962–63
|
8 | 0 | ||||||||||
1963–64
|
40 | 8 | ||||||||||
1964–65
|
39 | 5 | ||||||||||
1965–66
|
33 | 6 | ||||||||||
1966–67
|
36 | 6 | ||||||||||
1967–68
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34 | 5 | ||||||||||
1968–69
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Second Division | 28 | 1 | |||||||||
1969–70
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Third Division | 27 | 3 | |||||||||
Career total | 594 | 147 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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England | 1954 | 1 | 1 |
1955 | 2 | 0 | |
1956 | 7 | 4 | |
1957 | 6 | 3 | |
1958 | 10 | 4 | |
1959 | 7 | 1 | |
1960 | 7 | 3 | |
1961 | 8 | 2 | |
1962 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 56 | 18 |
Honours
Durban City
- National Football League: 1970–71
Individual
- Ballon d'Or Bronze Award: 1961
- Football League 100 Legends: 1998
- Member of English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
Bibliography
- Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign. London: Redwords, 2020. ISBN 9781912926589.
References
- ^ Haynes, England's pass-master general FIFA.com
- ^ Coates, Sam; Asthana, Anushka (20 October 2005). "Johnny Haynes". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 February 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Johnny Haynes". Obituaries. The Independent. 20 October 2005.
- ^ a b c d "Legendary Haynes dies after car crash". BBC. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Brown and Hogsbjerg, Apartheid is not a game, 16
- ^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 207.
- ^ "Johnny Haynes". The Daily Telegraph. London. 20 October 2005.
- ^ "Johnny Haynes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Johnny Haynes" theguardian.com 20 October 2005
- ^ a b c d e "Stars bid farewell to Haynes the legend" The Scotsman, 2005
- ^ "How Johnny's genius served the nation" theguardian.com 23 October 2005
- ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "English Football Hall of Fame: 2002 Inaugural Inductees". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ James Lawton: Haynes still the beginning, middle and end of how football should be played . Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Fulham fail the maestro | Fulham - Times Online Archived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (subscription required)
- ^ "Johnny Haynes Statue Action Group". Johnny Haynes Statue Action Group. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Johnny Haynes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
External links
- Haynes' Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database profile's statistics site
- FA profile of Johnny Haynes, including full details of his England appearances at archive.today (archived 16 March 2009)
- Fulham Football Club announcement of death at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 December 2005)
- Pathe newsreel footage of Johnny Haynes hattrick for England against Russia
- Brian Glanville: Silent fans pay tribute to their midfield maestro (subscription required)
- Memories of Craven Cottage