Appearances:
260 |
Starts:
260 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
1 |
Games per Goal:
260.00 |
Assists:
1 |
Goal Involvements:
2 |
Player #484
Source: Football card #4 John Sleeuwenhoek issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1960s Footballers series, first series.
Source: Football card #4 John Sleeuwenhoek issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1960s Footballers series, first series.
Born:
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Position:
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Centre Back
1960-61
1967-68
8
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0 |
John Sleeuwenhoek
John Sleeuwenhoek
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 |
Age
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Squad #
# | # | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances
1 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 29 | 44 | 44 | 13 |
Starts
1 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 29 | 44 | 44 | 13 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Assists
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bookings
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Cards
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goals
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.00 | 0.00 |
Goal
Involvements
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 |
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⛔ %
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
John Cornelius Sleeuwenhoek
Birth Date
26 February 1944
Birth Place
Wednesfield
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
1959-61 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams
Wardsbridge Schools
1959-61 Aston Villa Youth
Football League First Division
Transfer in
Aged
15
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
July 1959
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
August 1961
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
23
Birmingham City
To
For
£45,000
On
November 1967
Under
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Subsequent Clubs
1967-71 Birmingham City
Football League Second Division
🕒 30 | 29 (1) | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1971 Torquay United, Loan
Football League Third Division
🕒 11 | 11 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1971-72 Oldham Athletic
Football League Third Division
🕒 2 | 2 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1972 Retired aged 28
Died
20 June 1989, Aged 45
Villa Career
1961-67 | Youth |
D1, D2 |
🕒 260 | 260 (0) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #484 |
Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
260
0
Goals
1
Played Under
Joe Mercer 🏴 1961-64
Dick Taylor 🏴 1964-67
Tommy Cummings 🏴 1967
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1960-61
4 April 1961
Bolton Wanderers (h), Division One
17
Joe Mercer 🏴
4 April 1961
Joe Mercer 🏴
25 March 1967
Appearances
Goals
260
1
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1967-68
21 October 1967
Blackpool (h), Division Two
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
Tommy Cummings 🏴
23
21 October 1967
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
🏴
England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |
John Sleeuwenhoek
Source: Football card #4 John Sleeuwenhoek issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1960s Footballers series, first series.
Source: Football card #4 John Sleeuwenhoek issued by J F Sporting Collectibles, Leicester under the 1960s Footballers series, first series.
Player #484 for Aston Villa, John Cornelius Sleeuwenhoek, known as John Sleeuwenhoek and nicknamed Tulip, played as a centre back for the club.
John played for Villa between 1960-61 and 1967-68 making 260 appearances and scoring once.
John was born in Wednesfield, just 13 miles from Villa Park, on 26 February 1944 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Tuesday, 4 April 1961 aged just 17.
Villa had signed John from Wardsbridge schools in June 1959 and he signed professional forms with the club in February 1961.
Villa may have had an up and down time on the pitch during the 1960s however one thing the club got very right was their youth policy of which John Sleeuwenhoek was a key product. Dubbed ‘Mercer’s Minors’ the group included Alan Deakin, Charlie Aitken, John Sleeuwenhoek, Harry Burrows, Mike Tindall and Alan Baker.
John, a precocious talent who forced his way into Villa first team reckoning despite his tender years made just one appearance as Villa finished 9th in their return to Division One but didn’t feature in Villa’s victorious run to the League Cup final in 1960-61 and didn’t play in the two legged final against Rotherham United that was held over to the following season due to fixture congestion.
Thereafter however John became a semi-permanent fixture in the Villa first team.
As a member of the famed ‘Mercer’s Minors’ John contributed to manager Joe Mercer’s dramatic overhaul of an ageing Villa squad.
Unfortunately during John’s tenure Villa spent most of his time helping the club fight against relegation from the top-flight.
However John did help Villa to a League Cup Semi final in the 1964-65 season and was a runner up in the same competition in 1962-63 having made 7 appearances in the cup run.
Villa and John’s luck ran out in 1966-67 as after successive seasons in the bottom 6 Villa were finally relegated to the second tier.
John stayed with Villa to play in the 1967-68 Division Two campaign but played his final game for the club on Saturday, 21 October 1967, still aged just 23.
John moved on to Birmingham City on 1 November 1967 for a huge fee of £45,000 but his love for football had gone without his beloved Villa and he soon drifted into obscurity and out football - some wags have said that happened the day he joined the other Birmingham club.
John had played under Villa managers Joe Mercer, Dick Taylor and Tommy Cummings.
John passed away in Wolverhampton on 20 June 1989 aged just 45. A Villa man who did everything it seems early.