Don Watson (English footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Donald Watson | ||
Date of birth | 27 August 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
Date of death | June 2018 (aged 85) | ||
Place of death | Barnsley, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953 | Worsborough Bridge Miners Welfare | ||
1955-1956 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | (3) |
1956-1957 | Lincoln City | 14 | (2) |
1957-1961 | Bury | 172 | (65) |
1962 | Barnsley | 8 | (1) |
1962-1964 | Rochdale | 58 | (15) |
1964-1965 | Barrow | 17 | (1) |
1966 | Buxton | ||
Total | 277 | (87) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Don Watson (27 August 1932 – June 2018) was an English professional footballer who played for several clubs in the north of England.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sheffield Wednesday | 1954–55 | First Division | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1956–57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Total | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
Lincoln City | 1956–57 | Second Division | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
1957–58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
Bury | 1957–58 | Third Division North | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
1958–59 | Third Division | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 | |
1959–60 | Third Division | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14 | |
1960–61 | Third Division | 46 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 23 | |
1961–62 | Second Division | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
Total | 172 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 179 | 56 | ||
Barnsley | 1961–62 | Third Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Rochdale | 1962–63 | Fourth Division | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 |
1963–64 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | ||
Total | 58 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 17 | ||
Barrow | 1964–65 | Fourth Division | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
Career total | 277 | 87 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 298 | 81 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Don Watson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "The English National Football Archive". Enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022. [not specific enough to verify]
- ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097
- ^ "SHAKERS MEMORY LANE: Did you recognise the Gigg Lane class of 1958/59?".
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2018 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Buxton F.C. players
- Worsbrough Bridge Athletic F.C. players
- Footballers from Barnsley
- English Football League players
- English football forward, 1930s birth stubs