The England footballer Nat Lofthouse, who died age 85 in 2011, earned what nickname (an animal of a city) after his courageous match-winning performance against Austria in 1952?
Johnny Campbell (footballer, born 1928) as a professional player. He played in Gateshead's famous FA Cup run of 1953 where they reached the 6th round - Liverpool (h) 1-0, Hull City (a) 2-1, and Plymouth (a) 1-0 - an exciting Cup journey before falling to a solitary goal by Bolton’s Nat Lofthouse, the Lion of Vienna, in the sixth round at Redheugh Park before a crowd of 17,692. Johnny Campbell (footballer, born 1928) Johnny Campbell (23 July 1928 – 6 February 2015) was an English footballer who played as a winger. Campbell played league football for Gateshead between 1949 and 1956, scoring 45 goals in
Nat Lofthouse Nat Lofthouse Nathaniel Lofthouse, OBE (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for his whole career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with one of the highest goals-per-game ratios of any England player. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1925, Lofthouse joined the town's main club on 4 September 1939 and made his debut in a wartime 5–1 win against Bury on 22 March 1941 when he scored two goals. It was then more than five years until he made his league debut for