Irving Nattrass, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Irving Nattrass

English footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1952

Place of Birth: Fishburn, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Irving Nattrass (born 20 December 1952) is an English former footballer who played primarily as a right back for Newcastle and Middlesbrough.Born in Fishburn, England, Nattrass attended Ferryhill Grammar School and signed with Newcastle at age 16 on an apprenticeship. As a youth player Nattrass lacked confidence and made slow progress within the club, even going so far as to look for employment elsewhere as a mechanic, however he soon found his stride and went on to sign professionally for the club in July 1970 aged 17.
A year later Nattrass went on to make his debut against Derby. The then Newcastle manager Joe Harvey once commented "Nattrass is my Paul Madeley and I can't pay him a bigger compliment than that".
Madeley was a Leeds and England player who was dubbed the "Rolls Royce" of footballers. Hampered by injuries and disagreements with the Newcastle board he eventually moved to Middlesbrough for the sum of £375,000.
Nattrass made his league debut for them against Arsenal on 15 September 1979. Nattrass is now a successful businessman and keen golfer.