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birmingham 4 november 1992 whickham , england 150px english former chairman of newcastle united stan seymour , jr. .
 stan seymour , jr. .
stan seymour , jr. .

stan seymour , jr. was a former chairman of newcastle united and the son of stan seymour , sr. .
seymour , jr. 's father played for newcastle united and then joined the board of directors after the second world war .
he was also manager of the club with the directors committee from 1938 -- 58 during three spells and at the helm when they won the fa cup in 1951 and 1952 .
on behalf of his father 's success , seymour , jr. went on to the board of directors .
by 1981 newcastle united were heavily in debt , crowds were at an all-time low and the future looked very bleak .
arthur cox had been brought in as manager but was having a tough time with the cash-strapped club , which was stuck in the second division under the unpopular chairmanship of bob rutherford , who was widely seen as being a puppet for the previous chairman , long-serving director lord westwood .
early in that year , the directors came up with a plan whereby they would donate # 13,000 each to the club in order to get it out of debt .
however , westwood refused to go along with the plan and resigned from the board .
this left rutherford without any allies , and the remaining board members unanimously demanded that he resign , which he did .
in march 1981 , after a board reshuffle , seymour , jr. emerged as the new chairman and immediately addressed united 's shambolic finances .
the first move was to slap an immediate spending freeze on manager arthur cox , at the same time shutting out a possible takeover bid by ambitious millionaire ernie clay .
then , in august 1982 , newcastle united announced a coup which astounded the footballing world , the first arrival of the player kevin keegan on tyneside .
geordies went crazy when the then england skipper flew into newcastle airport .
keegan 's # 100,000 transfer fee from southampton , which was found thanks to the help of newcastle breweries , transformed arthur cox 's team into a winning formula , one that eventually took the club back to the first division .
in deals which eventually brought spending to # 275,000 keegan , terry mcdermott and david mccreery all arrived on tyneside .
with peter beardsley and chris waddle complementing keegan as the newcastle united spearhead , crowds in the ground reached an average of 30,000 .
united gained promotion in 1984 with keegan retiring after the last match of the season and arthur cox resigning amid a contract row .
newcastle united now struggled on with a succession of managers , including jack charlton .
eventually the boardroom revolution steered by sir john hall removed seymour , jr. from his position as chairman .
he eventually became president of the club .
he died in 1992 at birmingham after attending a newcastle united fixture , which they won .
