Stan Watson

Stan Watson
Personal information
Date of birth 1937/1938
Date of death 16 January 2014(2014-01-16) (aged 76)[1]
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1957–1959 Darlington 27 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Stan Watson (1937 or 1938 – 16 January 2014) was a footballer who made 27 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Darlington in the 1950s.[2] He made his debut playing at centre half on 8 February 1958 away to Workington in a team weakened when heavy snow prevented some players from reaching the ground.[3]

Watson was married to British 400m runner Joy Grieveson.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Deaths: Stan Watson". The Northern Echo. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Starting a flurry of interest in Keith's". The Northern Echo. 19 January 2001 – via Newsbank.
  4. ↑ "Gap in the Wall filled at last". The Northern Echo. 7 March 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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