Jack Savage (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 December 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromley, England | ||
| Date of death | January 2009 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1951 | Hull City | 4 | (0) |
| 1951–1954 | Halifax Town | 57 | (1) |
| 1954–1957 | Manchester City | 30 | (0) |
| 1957–1959 | Walsall | 51 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 146 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John A. Savage (14 December 1929 - January 2009) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Hull City, Halifax Town, Manchester City, Walsall and Wigan Athletic.[1]
Savage was signed by Manchester City in November 1953, where he deputised for Bert Trautmann. He was at the club for more than a year before making his debut, a 2–0 defeat to Newcastle United on 27 December 1954. He also played in the next game against Burnley, but once Trautmann recovered from injury Savage returned to the reserves. His next chance came in April 1956, when he again replaced Trautmann for two matches. Trautmann broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup Final, giving Savage the opportunity of an extended run in the first team during the 1956–57 season.
He was transferred to Walsall in January 1958 for £4,000. In one of his early games for Walsall, an away match at Swindon, he was sent off.[2] He made 51 appearances for Walsall, moving to non-league Wigan in 1959. He spent one season at the club, appearing four times for the club in the Lancashire Combination.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Savage". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Tony Richards - Walsall Legend". Express and Star. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
- Wallace, Dave (2007). Century City – Manchester City Football Club 1957/58. Leigh: King of the Kippax. ISBN 978-0-9557056-0-1.
- Jack Savage at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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- 1929 births
- English men's footballers
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- 2009 deaths
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers from the London Borough of Bromley
- People from Bromley
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football goalkeeper, 1920s birth stubs