Jimmy Wardhaugh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Wardhaugh | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Marshall Meadows, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 January 1978 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shaftesbury Park | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1959 | Heart of Midlothian | 303 | (206) |
| 1959–1961 | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | (4) |
| Total | 315 | (210) | |
| National team | |||
| 1954–1956 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| 1951–1956 | Scottish League XI | 9 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jimmy Wardhaugh (21 March 1929 – 2 January 1978) was a Scottish professional footballer, most fondly remembered as part of the Terrible Trio Heart of Midlothian forward line of the 1950s, alongside Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn. He was also the club's record League goal-scorer for almost 40 years, until his tally of 206 was surpassed by John Robertson in 1997.
Born in the small Northumbrian hamlet of Marshall Meadows, just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed and less than a mile from the Scottish border, Wardhaugh was raised in Edinburgh and began his career with Hearts in 1946. He played regularly in his first year at Tynecastle but missed much of the following 1947–48 season while undertaking his National Service in Worcestershire.
On 9 October 1948, after a mediocre start to the 1948–49 season Hearts' manager Davie McLean combined Wardhaugh with two fellow young forwards, Willie Bauld and Alfie Conn, for the first time. The combination of Wardhaugh's dazzling dribbling and non-stop running, Bauld's cerebral play and prodigious aerial ability, and Conn's energetic, tenacious style and powerful shooting perfectly complemented each other, and their first match as a forward combination ended in a 6–1 defeat of East Fife. This was especially notable as the same opposition had defeated the Maroons 4–0 a matter of weeks earlier.
Quickly dubbed the Terrible Trio, they continued to score freely in the following four seasons, with Wardhaugh notching 77 goals, as Hearts became regular top four finishers, although defensive inconsistency ensured they failed to collect any silverware. During this period, Wardhaugh was subject of a £26,000 bid from Newcastle United in 1952, which was accepted by Hearts. He was unable to agree terms with the Tyneside club though, and the deal fell through.
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