John Templeman
Personal information
Full name John Henry Templeman[1]
Date of birth (1947-09-21) 21 September 1947[1]
Place of birth Yapton, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Full back, midfielder
Youth career
196?–1965 Portsmouth
1965–1966 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Arundel Town
1966–1974 Brighton & Hove Albion 226 (16)
1974–1979 Exeter City 206 (7)
1979–1980 Swindon Town 21 (0)
1980–19?? Witney Town
Managerial career
198?–1988 Arundel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Henry Templeman (born 21 September 1947) is an English former professional footballer who made 453 Football League appearances playing as a full back or midfielder, including more than 200 each for Brighton & Hove Albion and Exeter City.[2]

Life and career

Templeman was born in Yapton, West Sussex, and began his football career with Arundel Town before joining Portsmouth's youth system.[1] However, the Portsmouth club axed its junior teams in 1965,[3] and Templeman moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion. He turned professional in July 1966 and made his first-team debut in December, charged with man-marking the country's top scorer, Rodney Marsh of Queens Park Rangers.[4] He continued in the team for several years, and on the final day of the 1971–72 season, scored a 25-yard (23 m) goal that earned Brighton the point they needed to secure promotion to the Second Division.[5][6]

Templeman had taken his totals to 18 goals from 255 senior appearances by the end of the 1973–74 season, when Brian Clough used him and Lammie Robertson – against the wishes of both[7] – as makeweights in the deal that brought Fred Binney from Exeter City to Brighton.[1] He was a regular for five years with Exeter, and was a member of the squad that gained promotion from the Fourth Division in 1976–77.[8] He made 206 league appearances before finishing his Football League career with a season at Swindon Town.[2] He then played Southern League football for Witney Town while managing a sports centre, coached abroad, returned to England to manage Arundel, and worked in insurance and as a taxi driver.[1][8][9] In July 2021, he was still living in West Sussex and held a season ticket at Brighton & Hove Albion.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. 1 2 "John Templeman". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "One Portsmouth side next season". Birmingham Post. 13 April 1965. p. 17.
  4. ↑ Owen, Brian (27 December 2016). "It was 50 years ago today – 'An Albion star is born' as Rodney Marsh and QPR are given a battle at the Goldstone". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Memories of 71/72". Sussex Express. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "The great stitch-up of 1972?". The Goldstone Wrap. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Vignes, Spencer (2018). Bloody Southerners: Clough and Taylor's Brighton & Hove Odyssey. London: Biteback. pp. 103–104. ISBN 9781785904370.
  8. 1 2 "Where Are They Now? Exeter City 1976–77". The League Paper. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Templeman, John". The Grecian Archive. University of Exeter. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Fuller, Christian (25 July 2021). "John Templeman to feature in book about the Goldstone Ground era". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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