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Johnny Nicholls
Personal information
Full name	John Nicholls
Date of birth	3 April 1931
Place of birth	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1 April 1995 (aged 63)
Place of death	West Bromwich, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1957	West Bromwich Albion
1957	Cardiff City
1957–1959	Exeter City
1959–1961	Worcester City
1961	Wellington Town
1961	Oswestry Town
1961–1962	Sankey
International career
1954	England U23
1954	England
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Nicholls (3 April 1931 – 1 April 1995), better known as Johnny Nicholls or sometimes Jack Nicholls, was an English footballer who played as a forward. During his professional career he represented West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City and Exeter City.

Biography

Nicholls was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He lived with his parents in Lawrence Avenue, Heath Town and attended Springfield Road Senior Boys' School, Springfield leaving at the age of 14. His father, Sam was an ex-boxer. Johnny's footballing career began at local club Heath Town Wesley in the Wolverhampton & District Amateur Football League. He scored 44 goals in his first season 1947–8, and came to the notice of West Bromwich Albion manager Jack Smith. He joined West Bromwich Albion as an amateur in August 1950 and helped Albion juniors win the West Bromwich League and the Handsworth League Cup, scoring four times in the final. He turned professional a year later. In the 1951–52 season Nicholls had progressed to playing for Albion reserves in the Central League. His first team debut came as replacement for the injured Ronnie Allen at Blackburn Rovers in the Football League First Division.^[1] He won a winners medal with Albion when they beat Preston North End 3–2 in the 1954 FA Cup Final, also winning two England caps in the same year. In May 1957 he joined Cardiff City for £4000, but moved on to Exeter City just six months later. Nicholls stayed with Exeter until 1959. He died in West Bromwich in 1995.^[2]

Honours

West Bromwich Albion

FA Cup: 1953–54^[3]

References

^ Knight, Dick (22 February 1952). "'Made good' in different way". Birmingham Gazette. No. 33, 619. p. 6. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. 163–164. ISBN 1-85983-474-4.
^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.

External links

Johnny Nicholls at Englandstats.com

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