Joe Wilkinson (footballer, born 1934)

Joe Wilkinson
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-12-08)8 December 1934
Place of birth Seaham, England
Date of death 11 February 2007(2007-02-11) (aged 72)
Place of death Seaham, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1955 West Auckland Town
1955–1959 Burnley 0 (0)
1959–1960 Bradford City 17 (0)
1960–1962 Hartlepools United 74 (0)
Total 91 (0)

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


Joseph "Joe" Wilkinson (8 December 1934 – 11 February 2007) was an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 91 appearances in the Football League.[1]

Career

Born in Seaham, County Durham, Wilkinson played for West Auckland Town, Burnley, Bradford City and Hartlepools United.[2]

He joined Bradford City in May 1959, and left the club in February 1960.[3] For them he made 17 appearances in the Football League.[4] He was then transferred to Hartlepools United where he played more regularly, making 74 Football League appearances over three seasons before apparently retiring.[2] He was in goal when Hartlepools lost 10–1 to Wrexham on 3 March 1962, the club's biggest ever defeat in the Football League.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Joe Wilkinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Joe Wilkinson". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 410. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  4. ↑ Frost, p. 390.
  5. ↑ "POOLstats – Match Details – 1961–62". Poolstats.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2013.


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