Commemorative plaque 71220

This commemorative plaque records: Jimmy Hill OBE. Manager of Coventry City 1961-1967. Sculptor Nicholas Dimbleby. A successful playing career as an inside-forward with Brentford and Fulham in the 1950s culminated in him leading the PFAs campaign to scrap the maximum wage in 1961. Over the next six seasons he transformed Coventry City from a lowly Third Division club to a first division outfit with innovations on and off the pitch. After leaving his beloved Sky Blues Jimmy had a successful forty-year career in broadcasting with ITV, BBC and Sky, interspersed with spells as chairman with Coventry, Charlton and Fulham. Player: Brentford 1949-52, Fulham 1952-61. Chairman: Professional Footballers Association 1957-61. Manager: Coventry City 1961-67. Managing Director & Chairman: Coventry City 1975-83. Chairman: Charlton Athletic 1984-85 & Fulham 1987-97. Television Executive & Pundit: ITV 1967-73, BBC 1973-99, Sky 1999-2007. Unveiled 28th July 2011.

Jimmy Hill was a prominent English football manager, broadcaster, and campaigner who led the Professional Footballers' Association's effort to abolish the maximum wage in 1961 and transformed Coventry City from a Third Division club to a First Division team as their manager from 1961-1967. His influential career also included extensive work in sports broadcasting with ITV, BBC, and Sky over four decades.