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Nat
Lofthouse |
Bolton Wanderers FC
33 appearances, 30 goals (2 on debut)
P 33 W 16 D 12 L 5 F
89:
A 51
*(actual F 85: A 49)
67% successful
1950-58
captain:
none
minutes played: 2836 |
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Timeline |
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Nathaniel Lofthouse OBE |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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Birth |
27 August 1925 at 80 Willows Lane, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [registered
in Bolton, December 1925]
Attended Brandwood Road School and Castle
Hill School, Bolton |
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Baptism |
27 September 1925 in St Anne's Church, Hindsford, Atherton, Lancashire.
To Richard and Sarah Jane Lofthouse, living at 80 Willows Lane in Daubhill
by H.G. Prescott Fathers occupation: Carter. |
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Marriage |
to Alma Foster,
on 6 December 1947 [registered
in Bolton, December 1947].
Lofthouse married in the morning, and
scored twice for Bolton Wanderers in the afternoon, against Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC. |
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According
to Passenger Lists, Nathaniel Lofthouse was one of numerous professional
footballers (The FA Tourists of Canada) leaving the port of Liverpool on 9
May 1950, bound for Montréal, Québec on board the Empress of Scotland.
They returned to Liverpool on 30 June, on board the Empress of Canada.
His address is stated as 42 Temple Road in Helliwell, Bolton. |
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Death |
15 January 2011, aged 85 years 142 days, in a nursing home, Bolton,
Lancashire. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings'
An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Club Career |
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Club(s): A local Bolton lad, he played schoolboy football, also
Lomax's FC and Bolton Boys Federation FC, when he was signed as a 14
year-old by Bolton Wanderers FC manager Charles Foweraker. He played
football during wartime while working as a "Bevin Boy" coal miner, and
became professional in 1946.
But on the day he put pen to the paper, on 4 September 1939, he watched in
bemusement as the whole Bolton team boarded military transport to join the
war which had been declared the previous day. Lofthouse was given £10 as his signing-on fee.
Despite handing in a transfer request in January 1947, with Tottenham
Hotspur FC reportedly seeking his signature, and again in September 1950.
In April 1954, Italian side, Fiorentina AC offered Lofthouse £2000 per
year to sign for them. His club rejected the offer. Lofthouse scored 255 goals
in 452 league appearances, being prodigious with both feet and a
brilliant header of the ball. An ankle injury forced retirement on 6 January 1960. |
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Club honours: FA Cup runners-up 1952-53;
winners 1957-58; |
Individual honours: Football League (fifteen appearances, 24 goals).
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year winner 1952-53; |
Distinctions: Appeared on ITV's This Is Your
Life
7 April 1993;
Freeman of Bolton 2 December 1989. Appointed an Order of the
British Empire 1 January 1994.
Bolton Wanderers FC brand new stadium, the Reebok Stadium, named their
East Stand after Lofthouse 18 January 1997.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame 2002. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 9½", 12st
12lb. [1957] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Managerial Career |
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Club(s) |
Following his retirement, Lofthouse became a trainer for the Bolton
Wanderers FC reserve team
from 10 July 1961. He stepped up to chief coach in June 1967.
The ultimate position of manager came in a caretaker capacity in August
1968, followed by full-time on 18 December 1968. He was promoted to
general manager in November 1970, and became a chief scout for the club
from August 1971 to June 1972. His one-man-club came to an end when
he became the Lancashire scout for Arsenal FC from September 1973.
Took over as Bolton Wanderers FC manager briefly again in December 1985. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
702nd player to appear for
England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre forward |
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First match |
No. 261, 22 November 1950, England 2
Yugoslavia 2, a
friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London,
aged 25 years 87 days. |
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Last match |
No. 328, 26 November 1958,
England 2 Wales 2,
a British Championship match
at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
33 years
91 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954; 1958 (provisional party);
British Championship 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56,
1958-59; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1951-52,
1952-53, 1955-56;
winners 1953-54, 1954-55; |
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Individual honours |
England B (one appearance, one goal, 1950);
England Top
Goalscorer 1951 (3 with Milburn), 1951-52 (7), 1952 (9), 1952-53
(8), 1953 (6),
1953-54 (6), 1955-56 (4); |
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Distinctions |
First player to score twelve braces for England. Only equalled
by Bobby Charlton.
First player to score twice as an England substitute.
Leading England goalscorers for four seasons.
Quickest to score twenty
goals, 2 years 354 days, and 25 goals,
4 years 133 days.
Record England scorer
from May 1956 until October 1958, then
with his final goal, was equal record goalscorer alongside Tom Finney,
until October 1963.
most appearanced Englishman at Bolton Wanderers FC.
Died twenty days after Bill Jones. |
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Beyond England |
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Became life-President of Bolton Wanderers
FC in 1986, and even until April 2003, worked commercially with the club
he served with distinction for so long. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.159/60. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
starts |
sub |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
 |
captain |
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31 |
33 |
15 |
32 |
▲1
▼0 |
seven |
2836 |
30 |
95 min |
13 |
seven |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
33 |
16 |
12 |
5 |
89 |
51 |
+38 |
2 |
5 |
2.697 |
1.545 |
66.7 |
+11 |
When The
30
Goals Were Scored
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0-5 |
6-10 |
11-15 |
16-20 |
21-25 |
26-30 |
31-35 |
36-40 |
41-ht |
ht-50 |
51-55 |
56-60 |
61-65 |
66-70 |
71-75 |
76-80 |
81-85 |
86-90 |
injury |
extra |
|
time |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
17 |
1 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
12 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
43 |
19 |
+24 |
0 |
2 |
3.583 |
1.583 |
79.2 |
+7 |
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Away |
19 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
40 |
24 |
+16 |
2 |
3 |
2.105 |
1.263 |
63.2 |
+5 |
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Neutral |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
Shirt Record
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Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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White |
31 |
14 |
12 |
5 |
80 |
46 |
+34 |
2 |
5 |
2.581 |
1.484 |
64.5 |
+9 |
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Red |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
4.50 |
2.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Competition Record
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
WCF |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
| World Cup |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.25 |
2.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
|
British Championship |
13 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
34 |
17 |
+17 |
0 |
2 |
2.615 |
1.308 |
73.1 |
+6 |
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The 1953-54 records of the World Cup
preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is
deducted from the grand total. |
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Friendly
|
18 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
49 |
26 |
+23 |
2 |
3 |
2.778 |
1.50 |
66.7 |
+6 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP/BC 1953-54 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
WCP All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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World
Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCF 1954 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
WCF All |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
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World
Cup |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC 1952-54 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.25 |
2.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
|
WC All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.25 |
2.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1951-52 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC 1952-53 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC/WCP 1953-54 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
BC 1954-55 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC 1955-56 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
BC 1958-59 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC All |
13 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
34 |
17 |
+17 |
0 |
2 |
2.615 |
1.308 |
73.1 |
+6 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.25 |
2.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
|
BC |
13 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
34 |
17 |
+17 |
0 |
2 |
2.615 |
1.308 |
73.1 |
+6 |
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup
preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is
deducted from the grand total.
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15 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
40 |
25 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.625 |
66.7 |
+5 |
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Club:
Bolton Wanderers F.C. - 33 full appearances (2836 min)
30ᵍ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - 33 full appearances (2836 min)
30ᵍx
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apps |
match |
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match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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England's selectors announced their forty-man party from whom the final
22 would be selected, on April 22 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the party on 28 May, they included
Nat Lofthouse. |
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