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Jack Burkett

Jack Burkett
Personal information
Full name Jack William Burkett
Date of birth (1942-08-21) 21 August 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Edmonton,[1] London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1968 West Ham United 142 (4)
1968–1970 Charlton Athletic 8 (0)
1970–1971 Millwall 0 (0)
1970–1971 Southend United 0 (0)
1971–1975 St Patrick's Athletic 72 (7)
1975 Southend United 0 (0)
Total 222 (11)
Managerial career
1971–1975 St Patrick's Athletic
Saudi Arabia U18
Ørsta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack William Burkett (born 21 August 1942) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for West Ham United and Charlton Athletic, and was player-manager at League of Ireland team St Patrick's Athletic.

Career

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Burkett started his career at West Ham United, joining the senior team in July 1958.[2] He played in the FA Youth Cup Final of 1958–59 alongside Bobby Moore, Harry Cripps and Eddie Bovington,[3] and made his League debut against Fulham on 30 April 1962. Burkett made 142 League appearances for West Ham, scoring four goals. He also made 39 cup appearances, and was a member of the FA Cup winning side of 1964. He was also a member of the European Cup Winners' Cup winning team of 1965.[4]

Burkett lost his place in the West Ham team to John Charles after an injury during the 1966–67 season, and moved to Charlton Athletic for £10,000 on 12 June 1968.[5] He later played for Millwall and Southend United although he never featured in the League for either team.[6]

Burkett signed as player-manager at League of Ireland team St Patrick's Athletic in August 1971.[7] In four seasons Burkett guided Pats to an FAI Cup Final in 1974 and several high place finishes. However, he was let go in April 1975.[8]

Burkett returned to Southend United as player-coach. He went on to manage the Saudi Arabia under-18 team, then Ørsta of the Norwegian Third Division in 1980, before returning again to Southend as youth coach. He later took the role of youth coach at Fulham.[2] He later worked for the Professional Footballers' Association, where he worked with young professionals such as Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick and Joe Cole.[9][10]

Honours

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West Ham United[6]

St Patrick's Athletic

References

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  1. ^ a b Golesworth, Maurice (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
  2. ^ a b Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 39. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  3. ^ Hillier, Roger. "1959 FA Youth Cup Final/The Class of 1959". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Jack Burkett". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ Cameron, Colin (1991). The Valiant 500. Colin Cameron. p. 38.
  6. ^ a b Hayes, Dean (1998). The Upton Park Encyclopedia. Mainstream Publishing. pp. 31–32. ISBN 1-84018-043-9.
  7. ^ "Anxious Night for Burkett". The Irish Times. 4 August 1971. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Burkett is latest victim of..." The Irish Times. 29 April 1975. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Caught in Time: West Ham win in Europe, 1965". The Sunday Times. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Book: West Ham in the Sixties". Ex-Hammers. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  11. ^ "1964/65 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  12. ^ "TSV Munchen 0-2 West Ham, European Cup Winners Cup final 1964-65". West Ham Stats. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. ^ "St Pat's History - The 1970's". St Pat's FC. Retrieved 25 June 2022.