Birth of John Jack Charlton
Birth of John "Jack" Charlton
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John "Jack" Charlton Biography and Timeline
Follow John "Jack" Charlton through 16 dated historical records for Great Britain.
John "Jack" Charlton, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
16Distinct records
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1935–1994Years on this page
1935
1953
Debut
Charlton plays in the Leeds senior team for the first time
1965
Debut
With Charlton approaching his 30th birthday, he is called up by Alf Ramsey to play for England against Scotland at Wembley
1967
Footballer of the Year
Voted Footballer of the Year
1968
League Cup
Charlton finally wins domestic honours with Leeds in 1968 with a controversial League Cup victory over Arsenal
1969
League Championship
Leeds finally get their hands on the League championship, with Charlton proving a rock at the back as the team lost just two games all season
1970
Retirement
Charlton plays his 35th and final England game in the 1-0 group win over Czechoslovakia
1971
Fairs Cup
Leeds win the Fairs Cup
1972
FA Cup
Leeds finally win the FA Cup and Charlton completed his set of domestic medals.
1973
Manager Of The Year
Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award
Manager
Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award
Reirement
Retires from playing aged 38, with 774 club appearances and 96 goals to his name
1977
Manager
Takes over as manager at Sheffield Wednesday and took them to promotion from the 3rd Division
Resignation of Don Revie
Charlton quit Middlesbrough in April 1977, and applied unsuccessfully for the job of England manager, which had been controversially vacated by the resignation of his old Leeds boss Don Revie
1988
Manager
Appointed Manager of the Ireland national team
1994
Manager
Charlton is awarded the freedom of the city of Dublin in 1994 by Lord Mayor Tom s Mac Giolla
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.