Wherever you went in the world of football everyone knew him as “Big Jack”. Jack had known for years that he was part of English football’s greatest dynasty.
After all, he was the big brother of Bobby Charlton, a man acclaimed as one of the greatest players on the planet during his Sixties pomp.
The Charlton boys mother was Cissie, nee Milburn, the cousin of Newcastle and England legend Jackie Milburn. Five of their direct relatives had been professional footballers so it was little surprise when the Charlton boys went on to become pros.
But their neighbours in the Northumberland pit village of Ashington could never have guessed the fame the brothers would achieve.
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