Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Henry Templeman [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 September 1947||
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]
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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | John Henry Templeman [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 September 1947||
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]
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]