Jack Bertolini
Personal information
Full name John Bertolini[1]
Date of birth (1934-03-21)21 March 1934
Place of birth Alloa, Scotland
Date of death 21 June 2021(2021-06-21) (aged 87)
Place of death Worthing, England
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Alva Albion Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 Stirling Albion 19 (4)
1952–1958 Workington 183 (36)
1958–1966 Brighton & Hove Albion 258 (12)
Total 460 (52)
Managerial career
1970–1971 Whitehawk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Bertolini (21 March 1934 – 21 June 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half. He was later a manager.

Career

Born in Alloa, of Italian descent,[2] Bertolini played for Alva Albion Rangers, Stirling Albion, Workington and Brighton & Hove Albion.[3]

Signed by Albion manager Billy Lane, Bertolini played at right half and had a spell of 193 consecutive appearances during his career at the Goldstone. A knee-ligament injury while turning out for the reserves ended his career in October 1965.[4]

After retiring, he managed Whitehawk[5] ran a pub in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex,[6] and worked in the car and van hire business.[2]

He suffered from dementia and spent the last eight years of his life in a care home in Worthing, where he died on 21 June 2021, aged 87.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Bertolini". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jack Bertolini, former Albion favourite who played for Shankley, dies". The Argus.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "jack bertolini". The Goldstone Wrap.
  5. ↑ Whitehawk FC matchday programmes, 1970
  6. ↑ "Where Are They Now? | Footballers | Jack Bertolini". www.where-are-they-now.co.uk.


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