Wilf Nixon

Wilf Nixon
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Nixon^[1]
Date of birth	22 October 1882
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Date of death	April 1985 (aged 102)^[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Hexham
	Carlisle United
	Wallsend Park Villa
	Haltwhistle Black Diamond
	Newburn
1912–1920	Fulham	27	(0)
1915	→ Queens Park Rangers (guest)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Wilfred "Wilf" Nixon (22 October 1882 – April 1985) was an English professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Fulham.^[1]

Personal life

Robson fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.^[2] He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 218. ISBN 190589161X.
1 2 "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2015-12-14.

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