May 12, 2010 Wor Jackie

This statue of Wor Jackie is located on the Central Boulevard and you can see St. James Park in the  background where Jackie used to grace.
James Edward Thompson (JET) Milburn won the FA Cup for Newcastle 3 times in the 1950s and his goal in the 1955 Final after 45 seconds was to remain the fastest ever in a Wembley Cup Final until Roberto De Mattheo scored after 42 seconds for Chelsea against the Boro in 1997.
Jackie Milburn grew up in the coal mining town of Ashington, Northumberland, 15 miles north of Newcastle, Milburn's employment as a fitter (repairing heavy machinery) had reserved occupation status during World War II, which meant that he remained in Ashington. He was the son of Alexander Milburn, the uncle of the four professional footballing Milburn brothersJohn ('Jack') Milburn b 1908 (Leeds United and Bradford City), George Milburn b 1910 (Leeds United and Chesterfield), James ('Jimmy') Milburn b 1919 (Leeds United and Bradford City), and Stanley ('Stan') Milburn b 1926 (Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale), who were brothers of Jack and Bobby Charlton's mother Elizabeth 'Cissie' Milburn b 1912.