John Talbut (20 October 1940 – 14 August 2020) was an English football defender.
He never scored a league goal for the club but did find the net once against A.S. Roma in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1970.
[3] Although a strong presence in the air Talbut was at times found wanting on the ground[3] and the arrival of John Wile in late 1970 left him surplus to requirements at the Albion.
No longer able to gain a first team spot he left Albion in the 1971 close season to take up the position of player-manager with Belgian second division club KV Mechelen.
[3] Talbut died on 14 August 2020, at the age of 79, due to complications from dementia.