Mick Heaton

Mick Heaton
Personal information
Full name James Michael Heaton
Date of birth (1947-01-15)15 January 1947
Place of birth Tinsley, England
Date of death 11 April 1995(1995-04-11) (aged 48)
Place of death Oswaldtwistle, England
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
Sheffield Schoolboys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1977 Blackburn Rovers 171 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Michael Heaton (15 January 1947 – 11 April 1995) was an English former football full-back. He played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and captained them to the 1975 Third Division Championship. He later coached Blackburn and Everton alongside Howard Kendall, and was an integral, yet underrated part of the Everton management team that won two league titles, an FA Cup, and a European Cup Winner’s Cup. Heaton died in a car accident in 1995[1]

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