Dickie Davis (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Daniel Davis[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1922-01-22)22 January 1922[1] | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | 11 August 1999(1999-08-11) (aged 77)[1] | ||
Place of death | Bishop's Stortford, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1954 | Sunderland | 144 | (73) |
1954–1957 | Darlington | 93 | (32) |
Total | 237 | (105) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Richard Daniel Davis (22 January 1922 – 11 August 1999) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington as a forward.
Life and club career
Davis was born in Birmingham in 1922. He was a schoolboy international, and after playing football for Morris Motors he signed for Sunderland in 1939.[1] He made his debut on 7 December 1946 against Leeds United in a 1–1 draw at Elland Road.[2] He finished as the Football League First Division's top scorer in the 1949–50 season with 25 goals.[3] During his time at Roker Park spanning from 1946 to 1954, he made 144 league appearances and scored 73 goals.[2] He moved on to Darlington in 1954 and scored 32 goals in 93 league appearances in three seasons at Feethams.[4] In 1957 he retired from football, aged 35.[5] He died in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1999 at the age of 77.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dickie Davis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Dickie Davis". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ Ross, James M. (7 June 2018). "Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1947–92". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "SAFC Top 100: #78. Dickie Davis". A Love Supreme. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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