'Iron Man' Jim Milburn was the youngest of the Leeds brothers. His cousin Jackie, known as 'Wor Jackie', played for Newcastle United. Other members of the Milburn family included brothers Jack (Leeds United and Bradford City) George (Leeds United and Chesterfield), and Stan (Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale), as well as his nephews Bobby and Jack Charlton of England and World Cup fame. His career followed that of George and he played for Ashington before joining Leeds in October 1935, when just sixteen. He did not get a first-team chance until the final match of the aborted 1939-40 season and had to wait seven years for his next League game. He played fifty-two times for Leeds in wartime football. He served the Royal Artillery in India, was later wounded in Belgium in 1944 and also served in the Civil Defence. He also made guest appearances for several clubs apart from Leeds. Darlington, five games in 1939-40, and Ashington, near his home town. Five games for Wrexham in 1939-40, sixteen in 1941-42, six in 1942-43, eight in 1943-44, in which he scored two goals and three games in 1944-45. He had one game with Tranmere Rovers in 1942-43 and five games with Watford in the same season, together with one goal in fourteen gmes in 1943-44 and three goals in fourteen games in 1944-45. In those War Years he had been a regular presence at Leeds whenever he was not on active duty. He had made his Wartime debut at Left Back in the 1939-40 Regional League North-East Division on 2nd December 1939 in a 0-0 draw with Huddersfield Town at Elland Road but it was his only game in that campaign. He played the first game of the 1940-41 North Regional League but did not play again until he played in each of the last eight fixtures of the campaign, scoring from the spot in the last game in a 2-3 defeat by Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park. 1941-42 saw him play three times in the Football League Northern Section First Championship and eleven games in the Second Championship, scoring from the spot in a 3-2 win at Middlesbrough on 25th April 1942. There were six games in the First Championship of the 1942-43 Football League Northern Section and four more games in the Second Championship with a goal from open play in a 2-0 home win over Bradford Park Avenue in the penultimate game of the campaign. 1943-44 Football League Northern Section saw four appearances in the First Championship and three in the second, but he was not available again until the final ten games of the 1945-46 Football League Northern Section to finish as the player in command of the Left Back position at the end of the War. In 1946-47 he made up for lost time with a series of stirring defensive displays. Although he was more slightly built than his brothers, his tackling was probably fiercer. Like Jack, he enjoyed taking penalties and, when Leeds were struggling for goals, he played a number of games at Centre-Forward. When he left Leeds for Bradford Park Avenue in June 1952, it severed a twenty-four year link between United and the three Milburns. Jim continued to turn in high quality displays with Park Avenue until he retired in 1955. He scored ten times in ninety League appearances for Park Avenue. He died at Wakefield in January 1985.

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	Player Record	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
League		207	207	(0)	0	15
FA Cup		12	12	(0)	0	2
TOTAL		219	219	(0)	0	17

	Season by Season	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
1946-1947		37	37	(0)	0	1
League 36 36 (0) 0 1 FA Cup 1 1 (0) 0 0
1947-1948		35	35	(0)	0	0
League 34 34 (0) 0 0 FA Cup 1 1 (0) 0 0
1948-1949		43	43	(0)	0	4
League 42 42 (0) 0 4 FA Cup 1 1 (0) 0 0
1949-1950		41	41	(0)	0	4
League 36 36 (0) 0 4 FA Cup 5 5 (0) 0 0
1950-1951		44	44	(0)	0	3
League 42 42 (0) 0 3 FA Cup 2 2 (0) 0 0
1951-1952		19	19	(0)	0	5
League 17 17 (0) 0 3 FA Cup 2 2 (0) 0 2

	Appearances		Date	Score	Match Events
	Preston North End Division One	A	31/08/1946	2 : 3 (L)
	Charlton Athletic Division One	H	04/09/1946	0 : 2 (L)
	Sheffield United Division One	H	07/09/1946	2 : 2 (D)
	Chelsea Division One	A	14/09/1946	0 : 3 (L)
	Stoke City Division One	A	16/09/1946	2 : 5 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	H	21/09/1946	4 : 0 (W)
	Charlton Athletic Division One	A	25/09/1946	0 : 5 (L)
	Liverpool Division One	A	28/09/1946	0 : 2 (L)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	H	05/10/1946	5 : 0 (W)
	Grimsby Town Division One	H	12/10/1946	1 : 0 (W)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	A	19/10/1946	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	H	26/10/1946	0 : 1 (L)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	02/11/1946	1 : 4 (L)
	Everton Division One	H	09/11/1946	2 : 1 (W)
	Arsenal Division One	A	16/11/1946	2 : 4 (L)
	Middlesbrough Division One	H	25/12/1946	3 : 3 (D)
	Middlesbrough Division One	A	26/12/1946	0 : 3 (L)
	Preston North End Division One	H	28/12/1946	0 : 3 (L)
	Sheffield United Division One	A	04/01/1947	2 : 6 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion FA Cup 3rd Round	A	11/01/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Chelsea Division One	H	18/01/1947	2 : 1 (W)
	Liverpool Division One	H	01/02/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	A	03/02/1947	0 : 2 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	H	22/02/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	01/03/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Arsenal Division One	H	22/03/1947	1 : 1 (D)
	Blackpool Division One	A	29/03/1947	0 : 3 (L)
	Brentford Division One	H	05/04/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Manchester United Division One	A	07/04/1947	1 : 3 (L)
	Manchester United Division One	H	08/04/1947	0 : 2 (L)
	Sunderland Division One	A	12/04/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Aston Villa Division One	H	19/04/1947	1 : 1 (D)
	Derby County Division One	A	26/04/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Stoke City Division One	H	03/05/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	A	10/05/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Grimsby Town Division One	A	17/05/1947	1 : 4 (L)
	Portsmouth Division One	H	24/05/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Southampton Division Two	A	08/08/1947	2 : 1 (W)
	Leicester City Division Two	H	23/08/1947	3 : 1 (W)
	Barnsley Division Two	A	27/08/1947	0 : 3 (L)
	Barnsley Division Two	H	03/09/1947	4 : 1 (W)
	Fulham Division Two	A	06/09/1947	2 : 3 (L)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	H	10/09/1947	5 : 0 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	H	13/09/1947	2 : 1 (W)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	A	17/09/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Newcastle United Division Two	A	20/09/1947	2 : 4 (L)
	Birmingham City Division Two	H	27/09/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	A	04/10/1947	2 : 3 (L)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	H	11/10/1947	0 : 0 (D)
	Nottingham Forest Division Two	A	18/10/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	H	25/10/1947	2 : 0 (W)
	Millwall Division Two	H	22/11/1947	2 : 1 (W)
	Chesterfield Division Two	A	29/11/1947	0 : 3 (L)
	Luton Town Division Two	H	26/12/1947	0 : 2 (L)
	Luton Town Division Two	A	27/12/1947	1 : 6 (L)
	Southampton Division Two	H	03/01/1948	0 : 0 (D)
	Blackpool FA Cup 3rd Round	A	10/01/1948	0 : 4 (L)
	Fulham Division Two	H	17/01/1948	0 : 1 (L)
	Newcastle United Division Two	H	24/01/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	A	31/01/1948	2 : 1 (W)
	Birmingham City Division Two	A	14/02/1948	1 : 5 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	H	21/02/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	A	28/02/1948	0 : 3 (L)
	Nottingham Forest Division Two	H	06/03/1948	2 : 2 (D)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	A	13/03/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	20/03/1948	4 : 0 (W)
	Brentford Division Two	A	26/03/1948	0 : 3 (L)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division Two	H	03/04/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	Millwall Division Two	A	10/04/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	Chesterfield Division Two	H	17/04/1948	3 : 0 (W)
	West Ham United Division Two	A	24/04/1948	1 : 2 (L)
	Bury Division Two	H	01/05/1948	5 : 1 (W)
	Leicester City Division Two	A	21/08/1948	2 : 6 (L)
	Brentford Division Two	H	25/08/1948	0 : 0 (D)
	Luton Town Division Two	H	28/08/1948	2 : 0 (W)
	Brentford Division Two	A	01/09/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	H	04/09/1948	4 : 1 (W)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division Two	H	08/09/1948	0 : 0 (D)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division Two	A	11/09/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division Two	A	13/09/1948	2 : 2 (D)
	Lincoln City Division Two	H	18/09/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Chesterfield Division Two	A	25/09/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	H	02/10/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	A	09/10/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	Southampton Division Two	H	16/10/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	Barnsley Division Two	A	23/10/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	H	30/10/1948	6 : 3 (W)
	Nottingham Forest Division Two	A	06/11/1948	0 : 0 (D)
	Fulham Division Two	H	13/11/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	A	20/11/1948	1 : 2 (L)
	Cardiff City Division Two	A	04/12/1948	1 : 2 (L)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	H	11/12/1948	1 : 2 (L)
	Leicester City Division Two	H	18/12/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	West Ham United Division Two	A	25/12/1948	2 : 3 (L)
	West Ham United Division Two	H	27/12/1948	1 : 3 (L)
	Luton Town Division Two	A	01/01/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Newport County FA Cup 3rd Round	H	08/01/1949	1 : 3 (L)
	Coventry City Division Two	A	15/01/1949	1 : 4 (L)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division Two	H	22/01/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	H	29/01/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Lincoln City Division Two	A	05/02/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Bury Division Two	H	12/02/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Chesterfield Division Two	H	19/02/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	H	05/03/1949	4 : 2 (W)
	Southampton Division Two	A	12/03/1949	1 : 2 (L)
	Barnsley Division Two	H	19/03/1949	4 : 1 (W)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	A	26/03/1949	1 : 5 (L)
	Nottingham Forest Division Two	H	02/04/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	A	06/04/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Fulham Division Two	A	09/04/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	H	16/04/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Bury Division Two	A	18/04/1949	1 : 3 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	A	23/04/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	30/04/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	A	07/05/1949	0 : 2 (L)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	H	20/08/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	West Ham United Division Two	A	22/08/1949	1 : 3 (L)
	Preston North End Division Two	A	27/08/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	West Ham United Division Two	H	31/08/1949	2 : 2 (D)
	Swansea City Division Two	H	03/09/1949	1 : 2 (L)
	Sheffield United Division Two	A	05/09/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division Two	A	10/09/1949	0 : 2 (L)
	Sheffield United Division Two	H	14/09/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Southampton Division Two	A	17/09/1949	1 : 2 (L)
	Coventry City Division Two	H	24/09/1949	3 : 3 (D)
	Luton Town Division Two	A	01/10/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Chesterfield Division Two	H	19/11/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	A	26/11/1949	2 : 1 (W)
	Leicester City Division Two	H	03/12/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	Bury Division Two	A	10/12/1949	0 : 2 (L)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	A	17/12/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	Preston North End Division Two	H	24/12/1949	3 : 1 (W)
	Barnsley Division Two	A	26/12/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	Barnsley Division Two	H	27/12/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Swansea City Division Two	A	31/12/1949	2 : 1 (W)
	Carlisle United FA Cup 3rd Round	A	07/01/1950	5 : 2 (W)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division Two	H	14/01/1950	3 : 0 (W)
	Southampton Division Two	H	21/01/1950	1 : 0 (W)
	Bolton Wanderers FA Cup 4th Round	H	28/01/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Bolton Wanderers FA Cup 4th Round Repaly	A	01/02/1950	3 : 2 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	A	04/02/1950	4 : 0 (W)
	Cardiff City FA Cup 5th Round	H	11/02/1950	3 : 1 (W)
	Luton Town Division Two	H	18/02/1950	2 : 1 (W)
	Cardiff City Division Two	A	25/02/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Arsenal FA Cup Quarter Final	A	04/03/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Brentford Division Two	A	11/03/1950	0 : 0 (D)
	Hull City Division Two	H	18/03/1950	3 : 0 (W)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division Two	A	25/03/1950	2 : 5 (L)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	H	01/04/1950	0 : 0 (D)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	A	07/04/1950	0 : 2 (L)
	Leicester City Division Two	A	08/04/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	H	10/04/1950	1 : 0 (W)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	H	15/04/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Chesterfield Division Two	A	22/04/1950	1 : 3 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	H	26/04/1950	2 : 1 (W)
	Bury Division Two	H	29/04/1950	4 : 1 (W)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	H	19/08/1950	3 : 1 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	A	21/08/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Brentford Division Two	A	26/08/1950	2 : 1 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	H	30/08/1950	1 : 0 (W)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	H	02/09/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Swansea City Division Two	A	07/09/1950	2 : 4 (L)
	Southampton Division Two	A	09/09/1950	0 : 2 (L)
	Barnsley Division Two	H	16/09/1950	2 : 2 (D)
	Sheffield United Division Two	A	23/09/1950	2 : 2 (D)
	Luton Town Division Two	H	30/09/1950	2 : 1 (W)
	Bury Division Two	H	07/10/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Preston North End Division Two	A	14/10/1950	0 : 2 (L)
	Chesterfield Division Two	H	21/10/1950	2 : 0 (W)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	A	28/10/1950	0 : 3 (L)
	Manchester City Division Two	H	04/11/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Leicester City Division Two	A	11/11/1950	5 : 1 (W)
	Notts County Division Two	H	18/11/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	A	25/11/1950	2 : 2 (D)
	Birmingham City Division Two	H	02/12/1950	3 : 0 (W)
	Cardiff City Division Two	A	09/12/1950	0 : 1 (L)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	A	16/12/1950	4 : 4 (D)
	Brentford Division Two	H	23/12/1950	1 : 0 (W)
	West Ham United Division Two	A	25/12/1950	1 : 3 (L)
	West Ham United Division Two	H	26/12/1950	2 : 0 (W)
	Middlesbrough FA Cup 3rd Round	H	06/01/1951	1 : 0 (W)
	Southampton Division Two	H	13/01/1951	5 : 3 (W)
	Barnsley Division Two	A	20/01/1951	2 : 1 (W)
	Manchester United FA Cup 4th Round	A	27/01/1951	0 : 4 (L)
	Sheffield United Division Two	H	03/02/1951	1 : 0 (W)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	A	10/02/1951	1 : 2 (L)
	Luton Town Division Two	A	17/02/1951	3 : 2 (W)
	Bury Division Two	A	24/02/1951	1 : 0 (W)
	Preston North End Division Two	H	03/03/1951	0 : 3 (L)
	Chesterfield Division Two	A	10/03/1951	0 : 1 (L)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	H	17/03/1951	2 : 2 (D)
	Hull City Division Two	A	23/03/1951	0 : 2 (L)
	Manchester City Division Two	A	24/03/1951	1 : 4 (L)
	Hull City Division Two	H	26/03/1951	3 : 0 (W)
	Leicester City Division Two	H	31/03/1951	2 : 1 (W)
	Notts County Division Two	A	07/04/1951	0 : 0 (D)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	H	14/04/1951	1 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division Two	A	21/04/1951	1 : 0 (W)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	28/04/1951	2 : 0 (W)
	Swansea City Division Two	H	05/05/1951	2 : 0 (W)
	Brentford Division Two	H	18/08/1951	1 : 1 (D)
	Birmingham City Division Two	A	22/08/1951	1 : 1 (D)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	A	25/08/1951	0 : 2 (L)
	Birmingham City Division Two	H	29/08/1951	1 : 1 (D)
	Everton Division Two	H	01/09/1951	1 : 2 (L)
	Southampton Division Two	A	08/09/1951	0 : 0 (D)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	12/09/1951	2 : 1 (W)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division Two	H	15/09/1951	3 : 2 (W)
	West Ham United Division Two	A	22/09/1951	0 : 2 (L)
	Rotherham United Division Two	A	29/09/1951	2 : 4 (L)
	West Ham United Division Two	H	26/01/1952	3 : 1 (W)
	Bradford Park Avenue FA Cup 4th Round	H	02/02/1952	2 : 0 (W)
	Rotherham United Division Two	H	09/02/1952	3 : 0 (W)
	Sheffield United Division Two	A	16/02/1952	0 : 3 (L)
	Chelsea FA Cup 5th Round	H	23/02/1952	1 : 1 (D)
	Hull City Division Two	A	08/03/1952	2 : 3 (L)
	Swansea City Division Two	A	19/04/1952	1 : 4 (L)
	Coventry City Division Two	H	26/04/1952	3 : 1 (W)
	Cardiff City Division Two	A	03/05/1952	1 : 3 (L)