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Joe Pointon
Personal information
Full name Joseph Pointon[1]
Date of birth (1905-02-01)1 February 1905
Place of birth Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 1939 (aged 33–34)[1]
Place of death Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Leek Wesleyans
Leek National
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Congleton Town
Stoke City 0 (0)
1923–1926 Port Vale 10 (0)
1926–1928 Luton Town 65 (12)
1928–1929 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 (5)
1929–1930 Torquay United 27 (18)
1930–1931 Bristol Rovers 9 (1)
1931–1932 Walsall 17 (4)
Total 144+ (40+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph "Joe" Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Playing career

Pointon played for non-league football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke City.[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.[2] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.[1]

Statistics

  • Sourced from Joe Pointon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Port Vale 1923–24 Second Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1924–25 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925–26 Second Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Luton Town 1926–27 Third Division South 33 4 3 1 0 0 36 5
1927–28 Third Division South 32 8 3 0 0 0 35 8
Total 65 12 6 1 0 0 71 13
Brighton & Hove Albion 1928–29 Third Division South 16 5 0 0 0 0 16 5
Torquay United 1929–30 Third Division South 27 18 1 0 0 0 28 18
Bristol Rovers 1930–31 Third Division South 9 1 2 0 0 0 11 1
Walsall 1931–32 Third Division South 17 4 0 0 1 1 18 5
Career Total 144 40 9 1 1 1 154 42

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Leigh Edwards. The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.
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