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Don Dykes
Personal information
Full name Donald William Dykes[1]
Date of birth (1930-06-08)8 June 1930[1]
Place of birth Ashby by Partney, England
Date of death 25 October 2016(2016-10-25) (aged 86)[2]
Place of death Lincoln, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1949 Metheringham
1949–1959 Lincoln City 95 (4)
1959–1961 Boston United 67 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald William Dykes (8 June 1930 – 25 October 2016) was an English professional footballer who made 95 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City.[3] He played as a wing half.

Life and career

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Dykes was born in Ashby by Partney, Lincolnshire,[1] and began his football career with village club Metheringham.[4] He signed for Lincoln City of the Third Division North, having been spotted when he played in a charity match against them during the 1948–49 season;[5] he also attracted an offer from Second Division Leicester City.[4] He made his senior debut in August 1949, and went on to play 101 matches, scoring four times, in all competitions.[1] Dykes moved into non-league football with Boston United in 1959. In the first of his two seasons with the club, he played 53 matches in all competitions.[6]

Dykes died in Lincoln in 2016 at the age of 86.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Don Dykes". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Don Dykes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Lincoln City: 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2010/11". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Club history 1948–1960". Metheringham F.C. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. ^ Loftus, Gerry (5 August 1949). "This problem is a laugh for him!". Daily Mirror. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Boston United Roll Call", "Season 1959/60" and "Season 1960/61  – Statistics". BUFC. Ken Fox. Retrieved 29 November 2017.