Pat Raftery (footballer)

Pat Raftery
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Thomas Raftery
Date of birth	28 November 1925
Place of birth	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	29 September 1998 (aged 72)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Stanfields
	Norton Miners
	Harriseahead
	Ravensdale
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Hull City
	Ravensdale
1948–1950	Port Vale
	Wellington Town
	Stafford Rangers
	Leek Town
	Gresley Rovers
	Audley
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Thomas Raftery (28 November 1925 – 29 September 1998) was an English former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Port Vale in the English Football League, as well as a host of non-League clubs.

Career

Raftery played for Stanfields, Norton Miners, Harriseahead, Ravensdale (in two spells) and Hull City before joining his hometown club Port Vale as an amateur in November 1948.^[1] After making his debut under manager Gordon Hodgson in a 3–0 home win over Leyton Orient on Christmas day of 1948, he signed as a professional the next month.^[1] He played two Third Division South games in 1948–49, and then played three league games in 1949–50 before being transferred to Wellington Town in February 1950.^[1] He later played for Stafford Rangers, Leek Town, Gresley Rovers and Audley.^[1]

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1948–49	Third Division South	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1949–50	Third Division South	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Green, Sneyd; Raftery, Doris (8 January 2001). "Nostalgia Letter". This is Staffordshire. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Pat Raftery at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)