Dick Williams (footballer)

Dick Williams
Personal information
Full name Richard Williams
Date of birth 15 December 1905
Place of birth Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England
Date of death 27 May 1983(1983-05-27) (aged 77)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Jarrow
1926–1929 Stoke City 61 (0)
1930–1931 Reading 4 (0)
1931–1932 Chester 0 (0)
1932–1935 Macclesfield 138 (0)
Total 203 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Richard "Dick" Williams (15 December 1905 – 27 May 1983) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Reading and Stoke City.[1]

Career

Williams played for Jarrow before being spotted by scouts from Stoke City in 1926.[1] It took him until the 1928–29 season before he could displace Bob Dixon.[1] He played in 36 matches that season and then 24 in 1929–30 but he lost his place to Norman Lewis.[1] He then spent a season at Reading and Chester.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1926–27 100010
1927–28 100010
1928–29 35010360
1929–30 24000240
Reading 1930–31 400040
Career Total 65010660

Honours

Stoke City

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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