Ivan Broadis         
was a footballer who played for England in the 1954 World Cup gaining 14 caps and scoring 8 goals  during his international career.


Ivan was the  4th son (and 6th out of 7 children) of Albert George Broadis and Emily Margaret Northeast.  Born on 18 December 1922 in London's east end his playing career began at Glengall Road School, Isle of Dogs. This was followed by amateur appearances for Finchley, Northfleet, Finchley again, Tottenham, and Millwall, before he became the youngest player-manager ever at Carlisle - in 1946 - at the tender age of 23.

Christened Ivan Arthur he was known throughout the footballing world as Ivor.  John Briggs notes, "the Football League read his signature incorrectly and he was registered as Ivor, by which name his has been recognised ever since."
He hung up his boots in 1962, choosing to take up a career in journalism, reporting for the Carlisle Evening News and Star, and even for the Observer.
Ivan has spent almost all his adult life in Carlisle living in the same semi since 1955.

IVAN became a wartime RAF navigator, completed 500 flying hours on Wellingtons and Lancasters but was never on a bombing mission.
He vividly recalls, however, how they were in Italy when news of the Japanese surrender arrived. "Next day we flew hundreds of troops back to England, some of whom hadn't had leave for five years.
"I was navigator, so I kept passing round notes telling them where we were. It was very emotional when we came over the white cliffs of Dover and you could see all the bonfires down below. I have very fond memories of that."
During the war he'd guested as an amateur for Man United, and for Tottenham in the London League.


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