John Radford (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Radford | ||
| Date of birth | February 22, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward, right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1964 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1976 | Arsenal | 481 | (149) |
| 1976–1977 | West Ham United | 28 | (0) |
| 1977–1979 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | (10) |
| 1979–1983 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| National team | |||
| 1969–1971 | England | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1989 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| 1991–? | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Radford (born 22 February 1947) is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers throughout his career. Radford, who also played as a forward, is Arsenal's fourth highest goal scorer of all time.
John Radford was born in Hemsworth, Yorkshire to a butcher. He joined the club as an apprentice in 1962, turning professional in February 1964. Playing mostly as an inside forward or centre forward and occasionally as a right-winger, Radford spent most of his career at Arsenal.
He was a prolific goalscorer in the youth and reserve teams, before making his first-team debut against West Ham United on 21 March 1964, his only appearance of the 1964-65 season. Radford was used slightly more the next season, playing 15 times, and became Arsenal's youngest ever hat-trick scorer, against Wolves on 2 January 1965, at the age of 17 years and 315 days, a record that remains to this day.
By the start of 1965-66 Radford was an Arsenal regular, and particularly blossomed under the stewardship of Bertie Mee; in 1968-69, although he had been moved out to the right wing, he scored nineteen goals and reached the 1969 League Cup final. As Radford peaked, so did Arsenal; in 1969-70 he again scored nineteen goals, and helped Arsenal win the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, their first trophy in seventeen years; Radford scored the second goal in Arsenal's 3-0 win in the second leg of the final, which they won 4-3 on aggregate.
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