Haydn Dackins

Haydn Dackins

Personal information
Full name	Haydn Vernon Dackins
Date of birth	10 July 1912(1912-07-10)
Place of birth	Pontypridd, Wales
Date of death	2 August 1943(1943-08-02) (aged 31)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1934–1935	Swansea Town	2	(0)
1935–1936	Port Vale	9	(1)
	Northwich Victoria
	Macclesfield Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Haydn Vernon Dackins (10 July 1912 – 2 August 1943) was a Welsh footballer.

Playing career

Dackins played for Swansea Town before joining Port Vale in July 1935. He played just nine games and scored one goal in the 1935–36 season and was released after the season end. He then moved on to Northwich Victoria and Macclesfield Town.

World War two

Dackins served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was killed in action during the Second World War on 2 August 1943, at the age of 31. He is buried at Catania War Cemetery in Catania, Sicily. This would indicate that he had lost his life during the Allied invasion of Sicily.