{{Short description|English footballer (1939–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = John Fantham | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|25|1939|2|6|df=y}} | death_place = Sheffield, England | position = Inside forward | years1 = 1956–1969 | clubs1 = Sheffield Wednesday | caps1 = 388 | goals1 = 147 | years2 = 1969–1971 | clubs2 = Rotherham United | caps2 = 51 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 1971–1972 | clubs3 = Macclesfield Town | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 5 | totalcaps = 476 | totalgoals = 160 | nationalyears1 = 1961 | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''John Fantham''' (6 February 1939 – 25 June 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last=Ponting|first=Ivan|title=John Fantham: Football star who scored more than 160 goals for Sheffield Wednesday|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fantham-football-star-who-scored-more-than-160-goals-for-sheffield-wednesday-9660078.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fantham-football-star-who-scored-more-than-160-goals-for-sheffield-wednesday-9660078.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=10 August 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=10 August 2014}}</ref> was an English footballer.
Fantham was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. He is Sheffield Wednesday's leading post-war goalscorer with 166 goals. He was signed in 1956 and made his Wednesday debut two years later. Fantham firmly established himself as an able goalscorer in the English top flight for Wednesday, as his 23 goals helped the club to a second-place finish in 1960–61. The following season, he netted 24 times, earning him selection for the England under-23 team and his only England cap at full international level. He was an integral part of the Wednesday side that reached the 1966 FA Cup Final and two years later, he passed Redfern Froggatt's post war scoring record. Fantham made 435 appearances for the club, staying until 1969 when he joined Rotherham United.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-weds/sheffield-wednesday-tributes-flood-in-for-owls-great-1-6693773 |title=Sheffield Wednesday: Tributes flood in for Owls great |newspaper=The Star |date=2014-06-25 |accessdate=2014-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709082823/http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-weds/sheffield-wednesday-tributes-flood-in-for-owls-great-1-6693773 |archive-date=9 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Honours== '''Sheffield Wednesday''' *FA Cup runner-up: 1965–66<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=491}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/johnfantham}} * {{Englandstats}} * [http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0179.htm Sheffield stats]
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