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{{Short description|English footballer (1922–2019)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Ivor Broadis
| image          = 
| fullname       = Ivan Arthur Broadis<ref>{{Hugman|2286|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1922|12|18|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Welling]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2019|4|12|1922|12|18|df=y}}
| death_place     = 
| height         = 
| position       = [[Inside forward]]
| years1         = 1946–1949 
|clubs1 = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]       
|caps1 = 91  
|goals1 = 52
| years2         = 1949–1951 
|clubs2 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]               
|caps2 = 79  
|goals2 = 25
| years3         = 1951–1953 
|clubs3 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]       
|caps3 = 74  
|goals3 = 10
| years4         = 1953–1955 
|clubs4 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]     
|caps4 = 42  
|goals4 = 15
| years5         = 1955–1959 
|clubs5 = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]       
|caps5 = 159 
|goals5 = 32
| years6         = 1959–1960 
|clubs6 = [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]] 
|caps6 = 63  
|goals6 = 20
| totalcaps      = 512 
| totalgoals = 157
| nationalyears1 = 1951–1954     
|nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]] 
|nationalcaps1 = 14 
|nationalgoals1 = 8
| manageryears1  = 1946–1949
| managerclubs1  = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
}}
'''Ivan Arthur''' "'''Ivor'''" '''Broadis''' (18 December 1922 – 12 April 2019) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]].

During a career spanning nineteen years from 1942 to 1961, Broadis represented [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]], [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]], gaining 14 caps and scoring eight goals for [[England national football team|England]] at international level. Broadis played at inside forward; after retiring from playing in 1961, he pursued a career as a football journalist.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://qosfc.com/legend-1035|title=QosFC: Legends – Ivor Broadis|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref> He was the oldest surviving England international footballer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46357130|title=England star's strip found in Scots attic|date=27 November 2018|access-date=14 April 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> until his death in April 2019 at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17571826.ivor-broadis-the-ex-carlisle-united-and-england-international-has-died-aged-96/|title=Tributes paid to ex-England and Carlisle United legend Ivor Broadis who has died aged 96|website=News and Star|date=13 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref>

==Early days==
Broadis was born in [[Isle of Dogs]], [[Poplar, London]]. Attended Coopers’ Company’s School. During the [[Second World War]] he completed 500 flying hours in [[Royal Air Force]] Wellingtons and Lancasters, although he was never on a bombing mission. During the war he had guested as an amateur for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] among other clubs. It was at Tottenham that someone misread his real name (Ivan) as Ivor, and so he inadvertently became known henceforth as Ivor Broadis.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Broadis recalled to the ''Northern Echo'' how he was in Italy when news of the Japanese surrender arrived. "Next day we flew hundreds of troops back to England, some of whom hadn't had leave for five years. I was navigator, so I kept passing round notes telling them where we were. It was very emotional when we came over the white cliffs of Dover and you could see all the bonfires down below. I have very fond memories of that."<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1904999.broadis_still_bubbling_along_at_85.php/|title=Broadis still; bubbling along at 85|newspaper=Northern Echo|date=14 December 2007 |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Carlisle United (1st spell)===
At the end of the war Broadis was posted to Crosby-on-Eden. "Until after the war I'd never been so far north in my life, I thought I'd need a dog team to get up here," recalled Broadis.<ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk"/> When Carlisle United heard how close he was, when he was just 23, they offered him the [[player-manager]]'s position in August 1946.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Broadis is still the youngest man to have been player-manager in the English Football League.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-47919657 |work=BBC News |title=Ivor Broadis: England footballer dies aged 96 |date=13 April 2019 |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> Broadis is the first manager to transfer himself to another club when he sold himself to Sunderland in January 1949. He consulted his wife before the move, as Blackburn Rovers were also interested.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Gary |date=2024-01-07 |title=Forgotten EFL: Carlisle United Player Manager Sells Himself To Sunderland - The Real EFL |url=https://therealefl.co.uk/2024/01/07/forgotten-efl-carlisle-united-player-manager-sells-himself-to-sunderland/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> As Broadis told the BBC, "Carlisle got £18,000 for me. It was an incredible amount in those days".<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/6313071.stm|title=Broadis recalls the 'simple game'|date=31 January 2007|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>

Broadis continued to live in Carlisle, even after his move to Sunderland, and trained with Carlisle United under new manager [[Bill Shankly]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/14/ivor-broadis-obituary |title=Ivor Broadis obituary |author=Brian Glanville |work=The Guardian |date=14 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="northtrek.plus.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.northtrek.plus.com/Shankly.html|title=Perspective UK North|first=Geoffrey|last=Mather|access-date=22 March 2017|archive-date=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053119/http://www.northtrek.plus.com/Shankly.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> One day Broadis arrived late for training. Shankly's version of what he said to Broadis: "What do you think you're doing? Who do you think you are? If you do the training we do you can train with us and we'll play five-a-side and you'll run your guts out as an example to everybody else".<ref name="northtrek.plus.com"/>  Shankly never said that he made Broadis as a footballer, "but I made him realise what was needed to be a player, and Ivor Broadis was one of the strongest and most dangerous inside forwards that ever played."<ref name="northtrek.plus.com"/> Broadis' description of events with Shankly: "Bill always regarded himself as the man who saved me, really – the man who gave me to England. I would maybe be lapping round and I admit I could have put a lot more into it.<ref name="northtrek.plus.com"/>  "You sort of take the routine from the club you are with and that was not good enough for Bill. I was doing what I thought Sunderland would be doing, the way they were doing it. And that wasn't Bill's way. You had to come off jiggered. So Bill regarded himself as putting me right and I think there's a lot of truth in that. His strength was not Liverpool. It was the strength he could give to anybody."<ref name="northtrek.plus.com"/>  With Shankly's infectious enthusiasm he would ask Broadis, "Are you doing anything this afternoon? Aye, right then, if you're not, come down to the ground." They would upturn two [[Chimney-pot|chimney pots]] to each be a goal and play one-a-side.<ref name="northtrek.plus.com"/>

===Sunderland===
Of his transfer to Sunderland Broadis remarked, "All I did was exercise the right to be transferred. Blackburn, Man City and Preston were interested but only Bill Murray, the Sunderland manager, came to see me. That's why I joined but it was the board who agreed the fee." On his £12 a week Broadis commented, "When I was playing, the only agent was Dick Tracy."<ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk"/> Broadis went on to grace England's top division for the next six-and-a-half seasons.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Sunderland's big spending transfer fees on Broadis and others led to the club being known at this time as the "[[Bank of England club]]." Alongside the likes of England internationals [[Len Shackleton]], [[Dickie Davis (footballer)|Dickie Davis]], [[Willie Watson (England cricketer)|Willie Watson]] and Wales' [[Trevor Ford]], Broadis scored 27 goals in 84 Sunderland appearances.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk"/>

Broadis remembers his playing days with affection but not entirely without regret. The inside-forward lamented, "The sad thing about that Sunderland side was that we should have won the League in 1950. They played me at centre-forward against a relegated Man City with three or four games to go and we lost. We finished third in the end. We should have won the league that year, it would have made such a difference."<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> In Sunderland's highest post war finish they ended up 1 point behind retaining champions Portsmouth and also runners up Wolves. This is Broadis' highest ever league finish.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

===Manchester City===
Broadis moved to recently promoted Manchester City in October 1951, this time for a fee of £25,000. It was there Broadis gained his first England cap and wrote his first newspaper column thanks to the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]''.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

===Newcastle United===
Newcastle United signed Broadis two years later for £20,000. The team already included players like [[Jackie Milburn]], [[Len White]], Scotsmen [[Bobby Mitchell (footballer born 1924)|Bobby "Dazzler" Mitchell]] and [[Frank Brennan (footballer)|Frank Brennan]] and Welshman [[Ivor Allchurch]]. Like at previous clubs Broadis was well received by the fans and is still warmly remembered. With Broadis at the club Newcastle won the [[F.A. Cup]] in 1955 – their last time to date. Broadis did not play in the 3–1 final defeat of ex-club Man City, however, after a disagreement with trainer Norman Smith. His days at [[St James' Park]] were numbered.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

===Carlisle United (2nd spell)===
Broadis returned to Carlisle in July 1955, when he was signed as player/coach for a fee of £3,500 by manager Fred Emery. Broadis stayed at [[Brunton Park]] until June 1959 after which he was off to play in Scotland.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> <!--He was selected to play for the [[Football League Third Division North vs. South Representative Games|Third Division North team]] against the South in 1955/56, 1956/57 and 1957/58.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}-->

===Queen of the South===
[[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]], under [[Jimmy McKinnell Junior]], signed Broadis to the [[Dumfries]] side for the last of his playing days in 1959. With his passing ability and goal threat<ref>"The Queens" by Iain McCartney on Creedon Publications, 2004</ref> Broadis clearly enjoyed his time at Queens, later saying, "The two seasons I spent at [[Palmerston Park]] were the best of my career'.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> With [[Jim Patterson (Scottish footballer)|Jim Patterson]] and [[Bobby Black (Scottish footballer)|Bobby Black]] already at the club when Broadis arrived, they were joined by [[George Farm]] in February 1960.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In his time at [[Queen of the South F.C.|QoS]] he hit four goals on [[Boxing Day]] 1959 in a 7–1 home win over [[Queens Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]. The Doonhamers' other goals came from Percy Dunlop (2) and [[Bobby Black (Scottish footballer)|Bobby Black]]. The consolation goal for Queen's Park was scored by future [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] and [[Manchester United]] manager [[Alex Ferguson]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/?service=responsive|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120702232717/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/|url-status=dead|title=Scottish Football News - SFA, SPFL & Championship News - Daily Record|website=www.dailyrecord.co.uk|access-date=14 April 2019|archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Broadis scored 20 goals in his 63 league games for Queens.<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/ivorbroadis.html Ivor Broadis. England International] Newcastle Fans. Retrieved 17 December 2022</ref> Broadis' performances prompted the offer of a contract from top division Hearts. Broadis decided that he would end his playing days with Queens, however, before moving on to the next step in his career.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> At the time of his 90th birthday he was the oldest surviving ex-Queens player.<ref name="qosfc.com">{{cite web|url=http://qosfc.com/news-1553|title=QosFC: Ivor Broadis – birthday greetings|access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>

==International career==
Broadis earned fourteen caps for the [[England national football team]], scoring eight goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfanzine.co.uk/teams/players.asp?name=Ivor+Broadis |date=30 November 2006 |access-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130002725/http://www.englandfanzine.co.uk/teams/players.asp?name=Ivor+Broadis |archive-date=30 November 2006 |title=Englandfanzine.co.uk }}</ref> In both Broadis' England games at [[Hampden Park]] he played in front of crowds over 130,000. In his three games against Scotland (twice against future [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]] team-mate [[George Farm]]), Broadis was unbeaten (two wins, one draw). Broadis scored three goals against Scotland, all with Farm in goal for the Scots.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> On a tour of South America, Argentina v England was abandoned at 0–0 after 22 minutes due to a rain storm.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In a game of eight goals in [[Budapest]] on 23 May 1954, Broadis was the only England player able to score. In reply, the speed, skill and movement of the Hungary '[[Magical Magyars|Golden Team]]' featuring [[Ferenc Puskás]], [[Sándor Kocsis]], [[Zoltán Czibor]], [[Nándor Hidegkuti]] and [[József Bozsik]] scored seven. After the game, bewildered England centre half [[Syd Owen]] said, "It was like playing people from outer space". [[Tom Finney]] commented of Broadis, "I remember when he had taken his boots off after the Budapest match, he warned everyone, "Don't touch them unless you're wearing gloves, they're red hot". Broadis added, "It's the first time I've ever come off the pitch with a sunburned tongue!" This is still England's record defeat. Broadis had not played when Hungary won 6–3 at Wembley the previous November.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>"Puskas on Puskas", Robson Books Ltd, 1998</ref>

Broadis played at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]]. Playing in all three England games, Broadis scored two goals, both against Belgium. Broadis was thus the first Englishman to score twice in a game in the World Cup finals, 30 minutes ahead of [[Nat Lofthouse]] who also scored two in the same 4–4 draw. Broadis was thus also part of the first England team to play in the World Cup quarter finals.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

===International appearances and goals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Opponent !! Result !! Broadis goals !!Competition
|-
| 28 November 1951 ||{{fb|AUT}}|| England  2–2 Austria || 0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 5 April 1952 ||{{fb|SCO}}|| Scotland  1–2   England || 0 || [[1951–52 British Home Championship]]
|-
| 18 May 1952 ||{{fb|ITA}}|| Italy  1–1   England || 1 || Friendly
|-
| 18 April 1953 ||{{fb|SCO}}|| England 2–2   Scotland || 2 || [[1952–53 British Home Championship]]
|-
| 17 May 1953 ||{{fb|ARG}}|| Argentina   0–0   England || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 24 May 1953 ||{{fb|CHL}}|| Chile  1–2   England || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 31 May 1953 ||{{fb|URU}}|| Uruguay  2–1   England || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 8 June 1953 ||{{fb|USA}}|| USA  3–6   England || 1 || Friendly
|-
| 3 April 1954 ||{{fb|SCO}}|| Scotland 2–4   England || 1 || [[1953–54 British Home Championship]]
|-
| 16 May 1954 ||{{fb|YUG}}|| Yugoslavia  1–0   England || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 23 May 1954 ||{{fb|HUN}}|| [[Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly)|Hungary  7–1   England]] || 1 || Friendly
|-
| 17 June 1954 ||{{fb|BEL}}|| Belgium  4–4   England || 2 || [[1954 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 29 June 1954 ||{{fb|SUI}}|| Switzerland   0–2   England || 0 || 1954 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 2 July 1954 ||{{fb|URU}}|| England 2–4   Uruguay || 0 ||[[1954 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Uruguay vs England|1954 FIFA World Cup knock out stage]]
|-
| colspan=9 | Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBroadisIA.html |work=EnglandFootballOnline.com |title=England Players - Ivor Broadis}}</ref>
|}

==Later days==
Broadis lived in the same Carlisle semi-detached house since 1955.<ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk"/> After playing and coaching, he became a football journalist for 45 years.<ref name="thenorthernecho.co.uk"/> At the time of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], Broadis was the oldest living England international footballer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2018-06-19/meet-englands-oldest-living-international-football/ |title=Meet England's oldest living international footballer |publisher=ITV Border |date=19 June 2018 |access-date=19 June 2018}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom]] of the [[City of Carlisle]] on 8 October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/16969293.englands-oldest-living-footballer-ivor-broadis-awarded-the-freedom-of-carlisle/|title=Football legend Ivor Broadis made a freeman of Carlisle|date=8 October 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://qosfc.com/legend-1035 Ivor Broadis full career profile on the official Queen of the South website]
*{{Englandstats}}

{{England Squad 1954 World Cup}}
{{Carlisle United F.C. managers}}

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