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>2Felix:
>>Все помнят обложку альбома Walls And Bridges?!
>>Так вот тот кадр с которого маленький Джон нарисовал картинку!
>А что это за матч?
NUFC photo could be John Lennon's art inspiration
FOR decades a childlike painting by John Lennon has baffled Beatle fans – but now it’s making ripples in the North East.
Penned when he was just a schoolboy, the image of a football clash gained iconic status after being used for the album cover of his 1974 record Walls & Bridges.
Now researchers in Chile are claiming the painting shows Newcastle United legend George Robledo heading home the winner in Newcastle’s 1951 FA Cup final with Arsenal.
Chilean researcher Nestor Flores was researching the mystery of George’s late brother, Ted Robledo, when he discovered the famous photograph.
Unaware of how he recognised the scene, he lay in bed at night racking his brains in a bid to jog his memory.
At 2am he awoke with a start in his South American home and the striking resemblance hit home – it was the artwork for Lennon’s fifth album.
Mr Nestor said: “In 1951 when John Lennon was 11, he drew the Chilean footballer George Robledo, whose brother I am currently writing a book about. Lennon kept that picture for over two decades and in 1974 it became the album cover. By reviewing hundreds of records and after rummaging through old photographs I found a picture of Robledo scoring the goal.
“When I saw the photo, I knew I had seen that image before, but I couldn’t remember where.
“After writing a few pages more, I realised the picture was almost identical to the cover of John Lennon’s album.
“That photo was taken on May 3, 1952, and Lennon’s drawing is dated June of that year.”
George’s late goal in the 1952 FA Cup final proved to be the difference between the two teams, with the Magpies winning the game 1-0 to become the first team in the 20th Century to clinch the FA Cup in successive seasons.
George eventually retired to his native Chile in Vina del Mar, with his wife Gladys, now 83, where he died of a heart attack in 1989, aged 62.
But today his daughter, Elizabeth, 48, who now lives in Sydney, Australia, said she was lost for words at the discovery.
She said: “Mum and I wanted to share this incredible story about Dad. We couldn’t believe a young writer from Valparaiso discovered Dad was drawn by John Lennon when he only 11 years old.
“It’s incredible he used his drawing 22 years later for the cover of his album called Walls & Bridges. It’s incredible and I can’t describe how I’m feeling.
“My mum still has a strong interest in the club. I keep her up-to-date with Newcastle news and think she manages to see some English games in Chile.”
It is 29 years since Mark David Chapman gunned down Lennon in New York when he was just 40 years old.
When he released the Walls & Bridges album, it reached number one in the USA and number six in England in 1974.
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