Jackie Blanchflower
Midfielder, Football player
1933 – 1998
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Who was Jackie Blanchflower?
John "Jackie" Blanchflower was a Northern Irish football player. He graduated from Manchester United's youth system and played for the club on 117 occasions, winning two league titles, before his career was cut short due to injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster. He was also capped 12 times at senior level by Northern Ireland.
He was the younger brother of Danny Blanchflower, the captain of the Tottenham Hotspur side that dominated English football in the early 1960s.
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- Born
- Mar 7, 1933
Belfast - Also known as
- Бланчфлауэр, Джеки
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Manchester
- Died
- Sep 2, 1998
Manchester
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on July 23, 2013
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