Jack Haigh

Jack Haigh (1928–2007) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League. He also played for Rawmarsh Welfare F.C.[1]

Jack Haigh
Personal information
Full name Jack Haigh
Date of birth (1928-09-10)10 September 1928
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death 17 September 2007 (aged 79)
Place of death Doncaster, England
Position(s) Inside Forward
Youth career
Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949 Gainsborough Trinity
1949–1952 Liverpool 11 (3)
1952–1960 Scunthorpe United 329 (66)
1960–1962 Doncaster Rovers 72 (6)
1962–1965 Buxton
Total 412 (75)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Signed by Scunthorpe from Liverpool for £4,000 in August 1952,[2] Haigh earned the nickname the 'Iron Man' after starring in Scunthorpe's FA Cup victory over Newcastle United in January 1958.[3]

He was described by ex-England manager Graham Taylor as "an inside-forward of craft and cunning. Today he would be described as a midfield genius and would be a regular in the England team. He could see and make a pass that no other play could see or make."[4]

Haigh sits sixth on the Scunthorpe United all-time appearance list, with 360 appearances and 71 goals in all competitions.[5] Following his retirement in 1965, Jack and his wife Doris settled in the Balby area of Doncaster, where for many years the couple ran a corner shop.[6]

References
  1. http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/896
  2. Keith, John Billy Liddell: The Legend Who Carried The Kop. Page 150. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pcQh1m7TRPUC&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=jack+haigh+scunthorpe&source=bl&ots=fsCWN74gOs&sig=ACfU3U3vePfK6CKIZAReuB6X-a0gC9ir-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA_7f0k8DoAhVtQUEAHel_Dmg4FBDoATAFegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=jack%20haigh%20scunthorpe&f=false
  3. https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/896 lfchistory.net LFC History. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
  4. Cowlin, Chris (5th December 2007). Celebrities' Favourite Football Teams. Apex Publishing. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t_Y_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT164&lpg=PT164&dq=jack+haigh+scunthorpe&source=bl&ots=42JFqy7znk&sig=ACfU3U0SCh85QqkI4hFwhlfpdllKH0M61w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig5IvtkMDoAhWdQRUIHW34Bdw4ChDoATAIegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=jack%20haigh%20scunthorpe&f=true
  5. https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/club/history/appearance-record-holders/ scunthorpe-united.co.uk Scunthorpe United Football Club. Retrieved 2nd December 2020.
  6. Bell, Max (31st August 2020). Scunthorpe United: 20 Legends. Vertical Editions. p157. ISBN 978-1-9088471-9-5


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