Newcastle, St. James' Park, 'Jackie Milburn'

HER Number:
11152

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, St. James' Park, 'Jackie Milburn'

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
2430

Northing:
6448

Grid Reference:
NZ24306448

Lats/Lons:

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