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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Edward Dodsworth[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 November 1911||
Place of birth | Mexborough, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 4 November 1986[2] | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Healing, England[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929-31 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
1931-35 | Grimsby Town | 4 | (1) |
1935-36 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
1936-37 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Victor Edward Dodsworth (2 November 1911 – 4 November 1986) was an English footballer who played for Grimsby Town. He also played cricket for Lincolnshire[1][2]. Dodsworth started his professional career at Gainsborough Trinity as an inside forward, before signing for Grimsby Town in 1931 in preference to Liverpool.[3]
He helped Grimsby to win the Second Division title in 1933–34. Dodsworth signed for Manchester United in 1935 along with teammate Ron Ferrier, but did not make a first team appearance and subsequently transferred in January 1936 to Doncaster Rovers for an undisclosed club record fee.[4]
In June 1937, after an injury hit season, Dodsworth turned down a new contract from Doncaster to pursue a career with Grimsby Police.[5]
Statistics
[edit]Club | Season | Division | League | Other | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Gainsborough Trinity | 1929–30 | Midland League | ||||||
1930–31 | ? | 13 | ? | 3 | ? | 16 | ||
Grimsby Town | 1931–32 | First Division | ||||||
1932–33 | Second Division | |||||||
1933–34 | ||||||||
1934–35 | First Division | |||||||
Manchester United | 1935–36 | Second Division | ||||||
Doncaster Rovers | 1935–36 | Second Division | ||||||
1936–37 | ||||||||
Career total | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 20. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries in 1987". Wisden Almanack. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Grimsby Beat Liverpool". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 15 April 1931. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dodsworth Transferred". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 23 January 1936. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dodsworth Joins the Police". Sheffield Independent. 9 June 1937. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Category:1911 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:People from Mexborough
Category:English footballers
Category:Association football defenders
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players
Category:Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English cricketers
Category:Lincolnshire cricketers