John Talbut
English footballer (1940–2020)
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John Talbut (20 October 1940 – 14 August 2020) was an English football centre half.
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Talbut with KV Mechelen in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 October 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Headington, Oxford, England | ||
| Date of death | 14 August 2020 (aged 79) | ||
| Position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burnley | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1966 | Burnley | 138 | (0) |
| 1966–1971 | West Bromwich Albion | 144 | (0) |
| 1971–1976 | KV Mechelen[1] | 148 | (6) |
| Total | 430 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| England U23 | 7 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| KV Mechelen | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Talbut initially made his name with Burnley, where he came out of the club's youth system and established himself as a first-team regular, also appearing for the England under-23 team whilst at the club. In December 1966 Jimmy Hagan paid £30,000 to take Talbut to West Bromwich Albion and he soon replaced veteran Stan Jones at the heart of Albion's defence.[2] Talbut was a winner with the Baggies in the 1968 FA Cup Final but also featured on the losing side in the 1970 Football League Cup Final. He never scored a league goal for the club but did find the net once against A.S. Roma in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1970.[3]
Although a strong presence in the air Talbut was at times found wanting on the ground[3] and the arrival of John Wile in late 1970 left him surplus to requirements at the Albion. No longer able to gain a first team spot he left Albion in the 1971 close season to take up the position of player-manager with Belgian second division club KV Mechelen.[3]
Talbut died on 14 August 2020, at the age of 79, due to complications from dementia.[4]