John J. Rooney (1903–1975), American Democratic Party politician from New York
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John stayed on as assistant manager and, with the arrival of Paul Ince moved to Youth Team manager where he was influential in the arrivals of Shaun Brisley, Matthew Flynn, Kristian Dennis and John Rooney into the first-team squad.
The character was renamed John Rooney and portrayed by Paul Newman in Sam Mendes' 2002 film adaptation.