Career
He was also a football manager. Jack Milburn was a left back who played a total of 423 league and cup games in a career that was interrupted for seven years by World World War World War II All but 15 of those were for Leeds United. In 2000 he was voted the 83rd greatest Leeds player by the club
He finished his career at Bradford City where he played 14 league games.
Milburn had moved to Bradford City in October 1946. in the twilight of his playing career as player-coach to Jack Barker. Barker resigned in January 1947 after just eight months in charge leaving Milburn as the natural replacement becoming the club"s first ever player-manager.
Milburn led the club to fifth in Division Three (North) in his first six months in charge. The following season the club came just 14th and during the summer Milburn handed over to David Steele although he remained at the club as Steele"s assistant.
