Nat Lofthouse

Nat Lofthouse remains a living legend at Bolton Wanderers, the club where he spent his entire playing career between 1946 and 1960. With 255 goals scored during that period, he is still the club’s highest league scorer A powerful centre-forward, he scored in every round of the FA Cup in the 1952-53 season, and although he finished on the losing side in the ‘‘Matthews Final", he had the consolation of picking up the Footballer of the Year award. Five years later he was on the winning side at Wembley, scoring both goals in Bolton’s 2-1 win over a Manchester United side devastated by the Munich air disaster

Lofthouse made 33 appearances in an England shirt, scoring an astonishing 30 goals, placing him joint third on the all-time list of England scorers. He is best remembered for his heroic contribution to England’s victory away to Austria in the 1951 -52 season. Having already scored one goal against the team ranked the best in Europe, he hit a second-half winner but was knocked unconscious in the process. His bravery and commitment earned him the tag the ’’Lion ofVienna”.