John Milburn (18 March 1908 – 21 August 1979) was an English footballer who played 408 games for Leeds United.
Other members of the Milburn family included brothers George (Leeds United and Chesterfield), Jimmy (Leeds United and Bradford) and Stan (Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale), as well as his nephews Bobby and Jack Charlton.
Jack Milburn was a left back who played a total of 423 league and cup games in a career that was interrupted for seven years by World War II.
Milburn had moved to Bradford City in October 1946, in the twilight of his playing career as player-coach to Jack Barker.
Barker resigned in January 1947 after just eight months in charge leaving Milburn as the natural replacement becoming the club's first ever player-manager.