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Johnny Linaker
Personal information
Full name John Edward Linaker
Date of birth (1927-01-14)14 January 1927
Place of birth Southport, England
Date of death 14 June 2013(2013-06-14) (aged 86)
Place of death Shipton, North Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Everton (amateur)
1945–1946 Manchester City 0 (0)
1946–1947 Southport 15 (1)
1947–1950 Nottingham Forest 15 (2)
1950–1951 York City 59 (16)
1951–1953 Hull City 26 (3)
1953–1956 York City 39 (4)
Scarborough ? (?)
1957–1958 Crewe Alexandra 34 (3)
Ashington ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Edward Linaker (14 January 1927 – 14 June 2013) is an English former footballer.[1]

Career

Linaker came to prominence during wartime football, during which he played for Everton as an amateur and Manchester City, who he joined in August 1945.[2][3] After making no league appearances for City, he joined Southport in November 1946.[3] He joined Nottingham Forest in September 1947, after making 15 appearances and scoring one goal in the league for Southport.[3] He joined York City in June 1950 after making 15 appearances and scoring two goals in the league for Forest.[3] His form for the club attracted attention and joined Hull City in October 1951,[2] after making 63 appearances and scoring 16 goals for York.[3] He made 26 appearances and scored three goals for Hull before re-joining York in May 1953.[3] He joined non-league side Scarborough after making 40 appearances and scoring four goals for York in his second spell with the club.[2] He returned to the Football League with Crewe Alexandra in July 1957.[3] He joined Ashington after making 34 appearances and scoring three goals in the league for Crewe.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Johnny Linaker". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Stars". York City: A Complete Record 1922–1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 181. ISBN 0-907969-69-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 371. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  4. ^ "John Linaker". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
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