Ron Foster (footballer)

Ron Foster
Personal information
Full name Ronald Edmund Foster[1]
Date of birth (1938-11-22) 22 November 1938
Place of birth Islington, England
Playing position Inside forward
Youth career
1956–1959 Clapton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Leyton Orient 72 (17)
1962–1966 Grimsby Town 129 (24)
1966–1968 Reading 45 (5)
1968 Dallas Tornado 11 (4)
1968–1969 Brentford 4 (0)
Total 261 (50)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Ron Foster (born 22 November 1938) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Active in both England and the United States between 1959 and 1969, Foster made over 250 career appearances for five teams.

Career

Born in Islington, Foster played non-League football with Clapton before turning professional in 1959 with Leyton Orient. Foster also played in the Football League for Grimsby Town, Reading and Brentford, as well as in the North American Soccer League with the Dallas Tornado, before retiring in 1969.

References

  1. "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Ronnie Foster". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

External links

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