Nat Lofthouse
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathaniel Lofthouse | ||
Date of birth | 27 August 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
Date of death | 15 January 2011 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Bolton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1939–1946 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1960 | Bolton Wanderers | 452 | (255) |
International career | |||
1950–1958[2] | England | 33 | (30) |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1971 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
1985 | Bolton Wanderers (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nathaniel Lofthouse
Playing career
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1925, Lofthouse joined the town's main club on 4 September 1939 and made his debut in a wartime 5–1 win against Bury on 22 March 1941 when he scored two goals. It was then more than five years until he made his league debut for the club, but he eventually played against Chelsea on 31 August 1946, when he scored twice in a 4–3 defeat. Lofthouse would go on to play 33 games for England, but his debut on 22 November 1950 made him 25 when he finally broke into the team. He perhaps justified a claim to an earlier call-up by scoring both goals in a 2–2 draw against Yugoslavia at Highbury on his debut.
On 25 May 1952, Lofthouse earned the title 'Lion of Vienna' after scoring his second goal in England's 3–2 victory over Austria.[3] In doing so he was elbowed in the face, tackled from behind, and finally brought down by the goalkeeper. Back from national team duty, he then scored six goals in a game for the Football League against the Irish League on 24 September 1952.
In
On 3 May 1958, almost five years to the day after losing the 1953 final, Lofthouse captained Bolton in the
On 26 November 1958, Lofthouse made his final England appearance, against Wales, at the age of 33, and he officially retired from the game in January 1960 because of an ankle injury, although his final league game was not until 17 December of that year, when he suffered a knee injury against Birmingham City. Lofthouse stands eighth in the list of English football's top division all time goalscorers.[4]
Coaching and managerial career
After retiring from playing football, Lofthouse became the assistant trainer at Burnden Park on 10 July 1961 and was then appointed chief coach at the club in 1967. In 1968, he spent a brief time as caretaker manager of the club and took over the job full-time on 18 December. Before becoming Bolton's chief scout, he became an administrative manager at Burnden. In 1978, he became the club's executive manager. In 1985, at the age of 60, Lofthouse became caretaker manager at the club again and became president in 1986.
Recognition
Lofthouse was the recipient of various honours after retiring from the game. On 2 December 1989, he was made a Freeman of Bolton. On 1 January 1994, he was appointed an
On 7 April 1993, he appeared as a special guest on the TV guest show
Tributes were paid to Lofthouse as he celebrated his 80th birthday, including a party at the Reebok.[7] A campaign, backed by Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association and former Bolton player, was started, aiming to get Lofthouse knighted.[8] Nat Lofthouse was an Inaugural Inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.[9]
Personal life
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Already a Bolton Wanderers player having joined them in 1939 Lofthouse was
Death
Lofthouse died on 15 January 2011, aged 85, in a nursing home in Bolton.[13] He had suffered with dementia.[14] On 24 January 2011 in Bolton Wanderers first home game since his death against
Legacy
Soon after Lofthouse's death a swell of support for a statue to be built in his memory started. A year to the day after his death,
In April 1998, train operator
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lofthouse goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 22 November 1950 | Highbury Stadium , London, England
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Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly
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2 | 2–0 | |||||
3 | 14 November 1951 | Villa Park, Birmingham, England | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1952 British Home Championship |
4 | 2–0 | |||||
5 | 28 November 1951 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Austria | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
6 | 25 May 1952 | Praterstadion , Vienna, Austria
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Austria | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
7 | 3–2 | |||||
8 | 28 May 1952 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland | Switzerland | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
9 | 3–0 | |||||
10 | 4 October 1952 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1953 British Home Championship |
11 | 12 November 1952 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Wales | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1953 British Home Championship |
12 | 5–2 | |||||
13 | 24 November 1952 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Belgium | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
14 | 5–0 | |||||
15 | 24 May 1953 | Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago , Chile
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Chile | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
16 | 8 June 1953 | Yankee Stadium, New York, United States | United States | 2–0 | 6–3 | Friendly |
17 | 4–0 | |||||
18 | 10 October 1953 | Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales | Wales | 3– 1 | 4–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification & 1954 British Home Championship |
19 | 4–1 | |||||
20 | 11 November 1953 | Goodison Park, Liverpool, England | Northern Ireland | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification |
21 | 17 June 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland | Belgium | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1954 FIFA World Cup group stage |
22 | 4–3 | |||||
23 | 26 June 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland | Uruguay | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1954 FIFA World Cup quarter-final |
24 | 2 April 1955 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Scotland | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1955 British Home Championship |
25 | 4–1 | |||||
26 | 2 October 1955 | Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
27 | 3–0 | |||||
28 | 20 May 1956 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 4–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
29 | 5–1 | |||||
30 | 22 October 1958 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Soviet Union | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Player
Bolton Wanderers
Individual
References
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- ^ "Nathaniel Lofthouse - Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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- ^ "A Message From The Lofthouse Family". bwfc.co.uk. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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- ^ Liew, Jonathan (30 December 2016). "11 football greats who have suffered with dementia". The Telegraph – via telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Winter, Henry (24 January 2011). "Bolton Wanderers 0 Chelsea 4: match report". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Mourners hail Nat Lofthouse as 'credit to Bolton'". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Nat Lofthouse — Statue Announcement". Bolton Wanderers. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Virgin honours footballer Nat Lofthouse The Railway Magazine issue 1167 July 1998 page 67
- ^ "1958 – Man Utd's Brave Dream". FA Cup. BBC Sport. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- ^ "1953 - The Matthews. Stanley Mathewshad his last chance to earn a winners medal. He did win the medal. The United lost emotion on the whole game at the end. final". news.bbc.co.uk. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Nat Lofthouse". National Football Museum. Retrieved 2 June 2021.