Ken Faulkner
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Gordon Faulkner | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Smethwick, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Smethwick Highfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1943–1947 | Birmingham City | 2 | (0) |
| Oldbury United | |||
| Total | 2+ | (0+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Kenneth Gordon "Ken" Faulkner (born 10 September 1923, date of death unknown) was an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.[1]
Faulkner was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire. capped by England at schoolboy level, he had a successful trial with Birmingham City during the Second World War.[2] Faulkner, a forward, played for Birmingham in the 1944–45 season of wartime competition,[3] and also made guest appearances for Coventry City and Port Vale.[4] He made his debut in the penultimate game of the 1946–47 Second Division season, playing at outside right in a 2–0 win at Millwall. The last game of that season proved to be his last for the club;[5] he was released in the 1947 close season and joined Oldbury United.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/birmingham/birmingham.htm. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Matthews, p. 239.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 99. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.
- ^ Matthews, p. 182.
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