Jackie Sinclair

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| name = Jackie (John) Sinclair

| fullname = John Evens Wright Sinclair{{Hugman|18066|accessdate=9 April 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|7|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Culross, Fife, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|9|1|1943|7|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

| height = 5 ft 6 in

| position = Winger

| years1 = 1961–1965

| years2 = 1965–1968

| years3 = 1968–1969

| years4 = 1969–1973

| years5 = 1973

| years6 = 1973–1975

| years7 = 1975–1976

| clubs1 = Dunfermline Athletic

| clubs2 = Leicester City

| clubs3 = Newcastle United

| clubs4 = Sheffield Wednesday

| clubs5 = → Chesterfield (loan)

| clubs6 = Dunfermline Athletic

| clubs7 = Stenhousemuir

| caps1 = 61

| goals1 = 33

| caps2 = 103

| goals2 = 50

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 6

| caps4 = 101

| goals4 = 14

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 3

| caps6 = 52

| goals6 = 9

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 1

| totalcaps = 388

| totalgoals = 109

| nationalyears1 = 1966

| nationalteam1 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

John Evens Wright Sinclair (21 July 1943 – 1 September 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for six different clubs in the English and Scottish leagues. Sinclair played in one international game for Scotland, in 1966.

Family

Several members of his family were involved in high-level football. His uncle Tommy Wright was a Scottish international. His brother Willie Sinclair, his son Chris Sinclair and his cousin Tommy Wright were also professional footballers.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jackie-sinclair-goalscoring-winger-who-helped-newcastle-united-win-their-only-major-trophy-of-the-last-halfcentury-2080279.html|title=Jackie Sinclair: Goalscoring winger who helped Newcastle United win their only major trophy of the last half-century|date=16 September 2010|work=The Independent|accessdate=29 December 2010}}

Playing career

=Club career=

He began his career at Dunfermline Athletic in his native Scotland, and moved south of the border to join Leicester City in May 1965.

In January 1968, Sinclair joined Newcastle United, where he became a member of the team that won the 1969 Fairs Cup.{{cite news

|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/17697389.fifty-years-newcastles-1969-fairs-cup-triumph-remembered/

|title=Fifty years on: Newcastle's 1969 Fairs Cup triumph remembered

|publisher=thenorthernecho.co.uk

|date=11 June 2019 |access-date=15 April 2021}} In December 1969, he was sold to Sheffield Wednesday, where he spent three-and-a-half seasons before finishing his career back in Scotland with his former club Dunfermline, and lastly Stenhousemuir.

=International career=

While at Leicester, Sinclair won his solitary cap for Scotland, appearing in a 1966 friendly match against Portugal.{{SFA Profile|id=113033}}

Death

Sinclair died in September 2010, aged 67, following a long battle with cancer. He was the first member of Newcastle's Fairs Cup winning side to die.{{cite news| url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/| title=Fairs Cup legend Sinclair loses cancer battle| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404031859/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/02/fairs-cup-legend-sinclair-loses-cancer-battle-72703-27186427/ |archive-date=2012-04-04| newspaper=Newcastle Chronicle| date=3 September 2010| access-date=3 September 2010}}