Jack Savage (English footballer)

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Jack Savage
Personal information
Date of birth(1929-12-14)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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total146(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]

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References

  1. "Jack Savage". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. "Tony Richards - Walsall Legend". Express and Star. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  3. Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN   1-874427-91-7.