Rod Belfitt
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roderick Michael Belfitt | ||
Date of birth | 30 October 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Bournemouth, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Retford Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964-1971 | Leeds United | 75 | (17) |
1971-1973 | Ipswich Town | 40 | (13) |
1973 | Everton | 16 | (2) |
1973-1975 | Sunderland | 39 | (4) |
1975 | → Fulham (loan) | 6 | (1) |
1975-1976 | Huddersfield Town | 34 | (8) |
Worksop Town | |||
Total | 210 | (45) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roderick Michael "Rod" Belfitt (born October 30, 1945) is a former professional footballer who played for many English football teams.
Belfitt at Arsenal as an amateur before joining Leeds United, aged 17. During his 8 years at Leeds they were one of the dominant teams in Europe and he did not achieve a regular first team place. However, Belfitt still scored 33 goals from 128 appearances for Leeds, Belfitt appeared for Leeds as a substitute in the 1968 Football League Cup Final against Arsenal.
Honours
- 1968 Football League Cup
- Winners: 1968
References
Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Everton F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- The Football League players
- People from Bournemouth
- Retford Town F.C. players
- Worksop Town F.C. players
- English football forward, 1940s birth stubs