Don Weston

Don Weston
Personal information
Full name	Donald Patrick Weston
Date of birth	6 March 1936
Place of birth	Mansfield, England
Date of death	20 January 2007 (aged 70)
Place of death	Mansfield, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
–	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1960	Wrexham
1960	Birmingham City
1960–1962	Rotherham United
1962–1965	Leeds United
1965–1966	Huddersfield Town
1966–1968	Wrexham
1968–1969	Chester
1969–1970	Altrincham
–	Bethesda Athletic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Patrick Weston (6 March 1936 – 20 January 2007) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward for many football teams during the 1950s and 1960s.

Playing career

Weston first joined Leeds United as a 16-year-old amateur but did not sign a professional contract and later entered National Service at an army camp in North Wales. He was spotted by local Third Division club Wrexham and signed a professional contract with them after completing his military service. He scored 21 goals in 42 appearances for Wrexham in the 1958–59 and 1959–60 seasons before joining Birmingham City for a fee of £15,000 in January 1960 and then Rotherham United for £10,000 in December 1961. He scored 21 goals in 76 appearances, helping Rotherham United to reach the 1961 Football League Cup Final, which they lost 3–2 on aggregate to Aston Villa.

Weston was signed for Leeds United by Don Revie for a fee of £18,000 in December 1962 after the departure of John Charles and scored a hat-trick on his home debut against Stoke City. He made a contribution to Leeds' successful promotion season of 1963–64 but faded from the first team as Alan Peacock and Jim Storrie were favoured for the centre-forward position. He joined Huddersfield Town in October 1965, later rejoined Wrexham, and played for Chester before joining non-league clubs Altrincham and Bethesda Athletic.

Playing statistics

Club	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)
Wrexham				42 (21)
Birmingham City				23 (3)
Rotherham United				76 (21)
Leeds United	68 (24)	7 (1)	3 (1)	78 (26)
Huddersfield Town				21 (7)
Wrexham				42 (19)
Chester				3 (0)

Honours

Second Division Championship 1963–64

References

Mourant, Andrew (1992). Leeds United: Player by Player. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 23. ISBN 0-85112-568-9.
Ponting, Ivan (29 March 2007). "Don Weston". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2021 – via Gale OneFile: News.

External links

Chester City Obituary