St. James' Park, 'Jackie Milburn'
St. James' Park, 'Jackie Milburn'
HER Number
11152
District
Newcastle
Site Name
St. James' Park, 'Jackie Milburn'
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Commemorative Monument
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1996 by Tom Maley. Fibreglass statue of John Edward Milburn (1924-88) in period kit running with a football, 1.8m high, on a stone pedestal. Newcastle United Football Club paid for the pedestal. The artist moved it in 1999 when the stand was being rebuilt. A bronze version was to be put back in 2000.
Easting
424300
Northing
564480
Grid Reference
NZ424300564480
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 140-1; The Journal, 14 December 1996; Evening Chronicle, 5 December 1996; The Journal, 20 February 1999