Irving Nattrass

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Irving Nattrass
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-12-20) 20 December 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Fishburn, England
Position(s) right back [1]
Youth career
Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1979 Newcastle United 238 (16)
1979–1986 Middlesbrough 191 (2)
Total429(18)
International career
1976 England U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Irving Nattrass (born 20 December 1952) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a right back for Newcastle and Middlesbrough. [1]

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Born in Fishburn, England, Nattrass attended Ferryhill Grammar School and signed with Newcastle at age 16 on an apprenticeship.

As a youth player Nattrass lacked confidence and made slow progress within the club, even going so far as to look for employment elsewhere as a mechanic. However, he soon found his stride and went on to sign professionally for the club in July 1970, aged 17. A year later Nattrass went on to make his debut against Derby.

The then Newcastle manager Joe Harvey once commented "Nattrass is my Paul Madeley and I can't pay him a bigger compliment than that". Madeley was a Leeds and England player who was dubbed the "Rolls-Royce" of footballers.

Hampered by injuries and disagreements with the Newcastle board he eventually moved to Middlesbrough for the sum of £375,000. Nattrass made his league debut for them against Arsenal on 15 September 1979.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Born on this day: One of Newcastle United's best-ever right-backs". Chronicle. Newcastle: chroniclelive.co.uk. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Rory Mitchinson (16 May 2022). "Joelinton scoops Newcastle United Player of the Year award". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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