Joe Pointon

Joe Pointon
Personal information
Full name Joseph Pointon[1]
Date of birth 1905[1]
Place of birth Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 1939 (aged 3334)[1]
Place of death Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Leek Wesleyans
Leek National
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Congleton Town
Stoke City
1923–1926 Port Vale 10 (0)
Luton Town
Brighton & Hove Albion
Torquay United
Bristol Rovers
Walsall
Total 10+ (0+)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Joseph "Joe" Pointon (1905–1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Playing career

Pointon played for non-league football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke City.[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.[2] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Leigh Edwards. The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.
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