Johnny Haynes

1952/61 Fulham (ENG) 349 games, 104 goals

1961 Toronto City (CAN) (Loan) 5 games, 1 goal

1961/70 Fulham (ENG) 317 games, 97 goals

1970/71 Durban City (AFS) 24 games, 9 goals

1972/73 Wealdstone (ENG) 3 games

With the National Team :

56 caps, 18 goals

(Friendly matches: 26 caps, 7 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 6 caps, 2 goals)

(World Cup: 8 caps, 1 goal)

(British Home Championship: 16 caps, 8 goals)

1st cap: 2 October 1954 against Northern Ireland (2-0)

Last cap: 10 June 1962 against Brazil (1-3)

U21: 8 caps, 8 goals

John Norman Haynes

Born October 17, 1934 in London (ENG)

Died October 18, 2005 in Edinburgh (ECO)

English, Attacking-midfielder, 1m76

Nickname: The Maestro

Johnny Haynes was born on October 17, 1934 in London, England. He began his professional career at the age of 17 for the Fulham club, a club of which he would become one if not the greatest legend. Excellent with the English club, he would have his first selection with the English national team in October 1954 against Northern Ireland, he would also score his first goal for his nation.

Present but not playing during the 1954 World Cup, he would finally become the captain of the Three Lions in 1960, becoming the captain of the selection for a little over 20 matches. His last selection would take place in 1962, during the match lost 3-1 against Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

With unfailing professionalism, the player will become the perfect playmaker for Fulham FC, his name will go down in the history of English football for being the first player to reach the symbolic milestone of a salary of 100 pounds sterling per week, at the time it was called the end of the "Salary Cap".

He is considered by many to be the precursor of exorbitant salaries and the one who led football to reach crazy transfers and a rise in the economic aspect in England. However, the player was not chasing money, he was also loyal to Fulham FC where he played between 1952 and 1970.

With the English national team, he made a name for himself for his masterful hat-trick against the USSR of a certain Lev Yashin in 1958. Then during the 1960/61 season, he became the true playmaker of the English national team, which he led with Bobby Robson during a wonderful series of victories.

England went on to win, 5-2 against Northern Ireland, 9-0 against Luxembourg, 4-2 against Spain, 5-1 against Wales, 9-3 against Scotland and then 8-0 against Mexico, at that time England was one of the most beautiful teams to watch play, especially because of its incredible playmaker, Johnny Haynes, who had one of the best passing skills in the history of the sport.

His incredible loyalty to Fulham FC could have ended in 1962 when he was announced as leaving for Tottenham Hotspur, then one of the best teams in England. Finally the player had a car accident and had to put his career on hold for a short while, on his return, he decided to stay at Fulham.

The player who finished 3rd in the 1961 Ballon d'Or will have played a total of 666 matches for Fulham and will have scored 201 goals. Crazy statistics when you know that the club was not one of the best in the country, far from it.

In 1970, he decided to join South Africa and the club Durban FC with whom he won the national championship. He finally ended his career after a return to England, to Wealdstone, in 1973, at the age of 38.

- Bronze Ball in 1961

- Inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002

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