Jackie Mudie
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | John Knight Mudie | |
| Date of birth | April 10, 1930 | |
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | |
| Date of death | March 2, 1992 (aged 61) | |
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |
| Playing position | Centre-forward | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1947-1961 1961-1963 1963-1967 |
Blackpool Stoke City Port Vale Career |
324 (144) 89 (32) 54 (9) 467 (185) |
| National team | ||
| 1956-1958 | Scotland | 17 (9) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1965-1967 | Port Vale (jointly with Stanley Matthews) |
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John "Jackie" Knight Mudie (10 April 1930 — 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward for Blackpool, Stoke City and Port Vale in a career spanning twenty years.
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[edit] Career
Born in Dundee, Mudie started his footballing career with local junior sides Lochee Harp and Stobswell Juniors before joining Blackpool in 1946, signing professional terms a year later. The 1950s are the most successful decade in the club's history to date. Mudie would be at the club throughout with right winger Stanley Matthews, goalkeeper and fellow Scot George Farm and outside left Bill Perry.
After three years developing in the reserves, he made his debut on March 8, 1950, against Liverpool, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Anfield. The following season he featured regularly as Blackpool challenged in the league and reached the 1951 FA Cup Final. Newcastle United proved too strong at Wembley, however, and two goals from Jackie Milburn took the trophy to the North-East. After the loss, Blackpool signed Ernie Taylor, and Mudie lost his place. Eventually, though, he worked his way back into the team.
In 1952-53, Blackpool bounced back from their disappointment in 1951's FA Cup Final when Mudie's last-minute goal against Tottenham Hotspur in that season's semi-final sealed a return to Wembley, this time to face Bolton Wanderers. This match is universally remembered as the "Matthews Final", due to the veteran winger's dazzling skills helping to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 win for Blackpool. Although Matthews and hat-trick scorer Stan Mortensen understandably took the limelight, Matthews himself would later acknowledge the importance of the selfless Mudie, noting that his "skill and work for others often made some of us look better than we really were".[1]
In his early career, Mudie was considered an inside forward, however, when Mortensen was transferred to Hull City in 1955, Mudie became Blackpool's regular centre-forward, despite his diminutive stature. This change of position, combined his scoring 22 and 32 goals in consecutive seasons, enabled him to achieve international recognition and he made his international debut against Wales in 1956. His hat-trick in a 4-2 win against Spain in 1957 helped Scotland qualify for the following year's World Cup and he was subsequently selected in the squad that travelled to Sweden. Scotland flattered to deceive in the Finals, though, and an early exit led the international selectors to look to younger players, effectively ending Mudie’s international career with 17 caps and 9 goals to his name.
Stoke City signed Mudie, along with Stanley Matthews, in March 1961 for £8,500, and he scored just five minutes into his debut.[2]. The veteran pairing helped the Potters to the Division Two championship in 1962-63. Mudie moved to local rivals Port Vale in 1963, and after two seasons became player-manager, combining for a third time with Matthews, who was the Valiants' general-manager by this time, until 1967.
After his playing retirement, Mudie continued to live in Stoke, his adopted hometown. He had brief spells coaching at Oswestry Town, Crewe Alexandra (where he was assistant manager), Northwich Victoria and Eastwood Town. He spent one summer in America, as coach of the Cleveland Cobras in 1978.
Mudie died in Stoke in 1992, aged 61, two years after being diagnosed with cancer.
[edit] Honours
Blackpool
- FA Cup winner: 1952/53
- Lancashire Senior Cup winner: 1953/54
Stoke City
- Division Two championship: 1962/63
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | November 21, 1956 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Yugoslavia |
1-0 | 2-0 | Friendly |
| 2 | May 8, 1957 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Spain |
1-0 | 4-2 | WCQG9 |
| 3 | May 8, 1957 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Spain |
3-2 | 4-2 | WCQG9 |
| 4 | May 8, 1957 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Spain |
4-2 | 4-2 | WCQG9 |
| 5 | May 19, 1957 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |  Switzerland |
1-1 | 2-1 | WCQG9 |
| 6 | May 22, 1957 | Neckarstadion, Stuttgart |  West Germany |
2-0 | 3-1 | Friendly |
| 7 | November 6, 1957 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Switzerland |
2-1 | 3-2 | WCQG9 |
| 8 | May 7, 1958 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Hungary |
1-0 | 1-1 | Friendly |
| 9 | June 11, 1958 | Idrottsparken, Norrköping |  Paraguay |
1-1 | 2-3 | WCG2 |
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Bremner, Billy; Bale, Bernard (1997). Billy Bremner's Scottish Football Heroes (Hardback), Breedon Books. (ISBN 1-85983-077-3).
- Mudie's profile at the Scottish FA
- Jackie Mudie career stats at Soccerbase
- International stats at Londonhearts.com
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| NAME | Mudie, Jackie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John Mudie |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Scottish footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dundee, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1992 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
