Johnny Haynes - First £100-per-week Player, Tributes, Craven Cottage

Footballer, born in London, UK. He spent his whole career with Fulham Football Club (1952–70), made his debut for England in 1954, and became captain in 1960. The club's director and later chairman, the comedian Tommy Trinder, persuaded Haynes to stay with Fulham by making him the first £100-per-week footballer in the history of the British game (1961). A highly gifted and creative inside-forward, he won 56 caps and captained his country 22 times, retiring from international football in 1962.

Johnny Haynes
Personal information
Full name	John Norman Haynes
Date of birth	October 17, 1934
Place of birth	Kentish Town, London, England
Date of death	October 18, 2005
Nickname	The Maestro
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	10
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1952-70	Fulham F.C.	658 (158)
National team**
1954- 62	England	56 (18)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 7, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2006.

John Norman Haynes (October 17, 1934 - October 18, 2005), better known as Johnny Haynes, was an English footballer who played a club-record 658 games and scored 158 goals for Fulham Football Club between 1952 and 1970. Unusually, and despite many offers from other clubs, he remained at Fulham for his entire professional career, until leaving for South Africa in 1970, where he played for the now defunct Durban City, alongside former Fulham teammates Johnny Byrne and Bobby Keats.

Johnny Haynes was the first footballer to appear for England in every class of football available in his playing era - school, youth, under 23, `B` and full international level.

In his record 658 appearances for Fulham, 594 of which were in the Football League, he rose to become club captain and scored a total of 158 goals, another club record and one which was only surpassed by striker Gordon Davies in 1991.

Haynes had a single spell in football management, taking charge of Fulham for a brief spell in November 1968 after the dismissal of Bobby Robson.

Long after his departure from Fulham, Haynes remained an immensely popular and respected figure at the club whose supporters had dubbed him "The Maestro".

First £100-per-week Player

Johnny Haynes, as one of the finest players of his era, was of constant interest to other football clubs, which contributed to the pressure which led to the demise of the £20-per-week maximum wage applied to the game until 1961.

Tributes

On the day of the death of Johnny Haynes, Alan Mullery, another high-profile Fulham and England player, made the following tribute: "He was the only reason I went to Fulham as a young boy of 15 leaving school. Anyone who saw him will know what a great player he was."

The Fulham Supporters Trust stated: "His dedication, skill, professionalism, grace and charm - both in his playing days and in retirement - serve as a poignant reminder to many of today's footballers about what true greatness really means."

George Cohen, a World Cup winner for England in 1966 and a Fulham teammate of Johnny Haynes, stated: "I have a hundred individual memories of the beauty of John's play. Haynes could give you goose bumps on a wet night in a match that didn't matter."

In 2002 Haynes became an Inaugural Inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his football talents and impact on the English game.

Craven Cottage

Weeks after its centenary year, on 27 November 2005, it was announced that the Archibald Leitch-designed Stevenage Road Stand at Craven Cottage would be renamed The Johnny Haynes Stand.

Preceded by: Billy Wright

England football captain 1960-1963

Succeeded by: Bobby Moore