Ken Davies (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Davies[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 September 1923||
Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
Date of death | 14 November 2008[1] | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Exeter, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
194?–1946 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
1946–1948 | Walsall | 28 | (5) |
1948–1950 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | (5) |
1950–195? | Chippenham Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kenneth Davies (20 September 1923 – 14 November 2008) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Walsall and Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
Life and career
Davies was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1923.[1] He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, and spent time at their nursery club, Wath Wanderers, before playing for the parent club in wartime football. He moved on to Walsall of the Third Division South ahead of the 1946–47 Football League season for a £600 fee.[2] He scored 5 goals from 28 league appearances over two seasons,[3] and then moved on to another Southern Section club, Brighton & Hove Albion for a £250 fee, where he played 38 league matches over two years, again scoring 5 goals.[2] Together with three Brighton teammates, Eric Lancelotte, Fred Leamon and Jock Sim, he signed for Chippenham Town in 1950.[4] He helped Chippenham win the 1951–52 Western League title, finish as runners-up three years later, and was still with them in the 1956–57 season.[5]
Davies died in Exeter in 2008 at the age of 85.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Ken Davies". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ Edwards, Leigh. "Ultimate Saddlers A–Z 5". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Re-discovered". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 2 September 1950. p. 4.
- ^ "Trowbridge receive Cup 'K.O.'". Wiltshire Times. Trowbridge. 27 October 1956. p. 16.
- 1923 births
- 2008 deaths
- Sportspeople from Doncaster
- English footballers
- Association football wingers
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Chippenham Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Western Football League players
- English football forward, 1920s birth stubs