Nat Lofthouse	Bolton Wanderers FC 33 caps, 30 goals P 33 W 16 D 12 L 5 F 89: A 51 *(actual F 85: A 49) 67% successful 1950-58 disciplined: none captaincies: none minutes played: 2851
The Lion of Vienna's Profile
Full name	Nathaniel Lofthouse OBE	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	27 August 1925 at 80 Willows Lane, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire [registered in Bolton, December 1925] Attended Brandwood Road School and Castle Hill School, Bolton
Baptized	27 September 1925 in St Anne's Church, Hindsford, Atherton, Lancashire. To Richard and Sarah Jane Lofthouse, living at 80 Willows Lane in Daubhill by H.G. Prescott Fathers occupation: Carter.
notes	According to Passenger Lists, Nathaniel Lofthouse was one of numerous professional footballers (The FA Tourists of Canada) leaving the port of Liverpool on 9 May 1950, bound for Montréal, Québec on board the Empress of Scotland. They returned to Liverpool on 30 June, on board the Empress of Canada. His address is stated as 42 Temple Road in Helliwell, Bolton.
Married	to Alma Foster [registered in Bolton, December 1947]
Died	15 January 2011, aged 85 years 142 days, in a nursing home, Bolton, Lancashire.
Height/Weight	5'9½", 12st 12lb. [1957]
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Club Career
Club(s)	A local Bolton lad, he played schoolboy football, also Lomax's FC and Bolton Boys Federation FC, when he was signed as a 14 year-old by Bolton Wanderers FC manager Charles Foweraker.  He played football during wartime while working as a "Bevin Boy" coal miner, and became professional in 1946. But on the day he put pen to the paper, on 4 September 1939, he watched in bemusement as the whole Bolton team boarded military transport to join the war which had been declared the previous day. Lofthouse was given �10 as his signing-on fee. Despite handing in a transfer request in January 1947, with Tottenham Hotspur FC reportedly seeking his signature, and again in September 1950. Lofthouse scored 255 goals in 452 league appearances, being prodigious with both feet and a brilliant header of the ball.  An ankle injury forced retirement in January 1960.
Club honours	FA Cup runners-up 1952-53; winners 1957-58;
Individual honours	Player of the Year 1952-53; Football League (15 appearances, 24 goals).
Distinctions	Appeared on ITV's This Is Your Life 7 April 1993; Freeman of Bolton, 2 December 1989.  Appointed an Order of the British Empire on the 1st January 1994.  Bolton Wanderers FC brand new stadium, the Reebok Stadium, named their East Stand after Lofthouse on 18 January 1997. Inducted into the Hall of Fame, 2002.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Managerial Career
Club(s)	Following his retirement, Lofthouse became a trainer for the reserve team from 10 July 1961.  He stepped up to chief coach in June 1967.  The ultimate position of manager came in a caretaker capacity in August 1968, followed by full-time on 18 December 1968.  He was promoted to general manager in November 1970, and became a chief scout for the club from August 1971 to June 1972.  His one-man-club came to an end when he became the Lancashire scout for Arsenal FC from September 1973.  Took over as Bolton Wanderers FC manager briefly again in December 1985.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	702nd player to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre forward
First match	No. 261, 22 November 1950, England 2 Yugoslavia 2, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 25 years 87 days.
Last match	No. 328, 26 November 1958, England 2 Wales 2, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 33 years 91 days.
Major tournaments	British Championships 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1958-59; World Cup Finals 1954; (provisional) 1958;
Team honours	British Championship winner 1953-54, 1954-55; joint-winner 1951-52, 1952-53, 1955-56;
Individual honours	England B (one appearance, one goal)
Distinctions	First player to score twelve double goals for England.  Only equalled by Bobby Charlton. First player to score two goals as an England substitute. Leading England goalscorers for four seasons.
Beyond England
Became life-President of Bolton Wanderers FC in 1986, and even until April 2003, worked commercially with the club he served with distinction for so long. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.159/60.

Nat Lofthouse - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp. Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub off

Mins.

Goals

Goals Av.min

Comp. Goals

Pens

Capt.

Disc.

36+

33

15

32

1

1

2851

30

95 min

13

1

0

none

Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

Nat Lofthouse - Match History
Club:  Bolton Wanderers F.C. - 33 full caps Coach: Walter Winterbottom - 33 full capsx
Age 24
1	b	22 February 1950, England B 1 Netherlands 0, St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Fr	HW	Start 25	9
Age 25
1	261	22 November 1950, England 2 Yugoslavia 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HD	Start 25,34	9
Age 26
2	266	20 October 1951, Wales 1 England 1, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC	AD	Start	9
3	267	14 November 1951, England 2 Ireland 0, Villa Park, Birmingham		HW	Start 40, 83	9
4	268	28 November 1951, England 2 Austria 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	Start 75	9
5	269	5 April 1952, Scotland 1 England 2, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AW	Start	9
6	270	18 May 1952 - Italy 1 England 1, Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze	Fr	AD	Start	9
7	271	25 May 1952 - Austria 2 England 3, Praterstadion, Wien	Fr	AW	Start 25, 83	9
8	272	28 May 1952 - Switzerland 0 England 3, Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich	Fr	AW	Start 51, 87	9
Age 27
9	273	4 October 1952 - Ireland 2 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AD	Start 1	9
10	274	12 November 1952 - England 5 Wales 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley		HW	Start 10, 75	9
11	275	26 November 1952 - England 5 Belgium 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	Start 42, 86	9
12	276	18 April 1953 - England 2 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HD	Start	9
13	277	17 May 1953 - Argentina 0 England 0, Estadio Monumental, Nuñez, Buenos Aires - abandoned after 36 minutes	Fr	AD	Start	9
14	278	24 May 1953 - Chile 1 England 2, Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ñuñoa, Santiago	Fr	AW	Start 68	9
15	279	31 May 1953 - Uruguay 2 England 1, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Fr	AL	Start	9
16	280	8 June 1953 - USA 3 England 6, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York	Fr	AW	Start 48, 62	9
Age 28
17	281	10 October 1953 - Wales 1 England 4, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC/ WCP	AW	Start 52, 53	9
18	282	21 October 1953 - England 4 Rest of the World 4, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	Start	9
19	283	11 November 1953 - England 3 Ireland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC/ WCP	HW	Start 75	9
20	288	17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel	WCF	ND	Start 37, 92	9
-	289	20 June 1954 - England 2 Switzerland 0, Wankdorfstadion, Bern		AW	unused
21	290	26 June 1954 - Uruguay 4 England 2, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel		NL	Start 15
Age 29
22	291	2 October 1954 - Northern Ireland 0 England 2, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW	Start	9
23	294	4 April 1955 - England 7 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley		HW	Start 7, 36	9
24	295	15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AW	Start	9
25	296	18 May 1955 - Spain 1 England 1, El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Fr	AD	Start	9
26	297	22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1, Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto, Oporto	Fr	AL	Start off 39	9
			1-1 when substituted
Age 30
27	298	2 October 1955 - Denmark 1 England 5, Idrætsparken, København	Fr	AW	Start 31, 41	9
28	299	22 October 1955 - Wales 2 England 1, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC	AL	Start	9
29	301	30 November 1955 - England 4 Spain 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	Start	9
30	302	14 April 1956 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AD	Start	9
-	304	16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län	Fr	AD	unused
31	305	20 May 1956 - Finland 1 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki	Fr	AW	sub 44 63, 82	?
			0-3 when substituting
-	306	26 May 1956 - West Germany 1 England 3, Olympiastadion, Berlin	Fr	AW	unused
Age 32
England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final 22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. The 18 players who failed to make the cut on May 28 included, surprisingly, Nat Lofthouse.
Age 33
32	327	22 October 1958 - England 5 USSR 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	Start 89	8
33	328	26 November 1958 - England 2 Wales 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HD	Start	10

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