Tom Nixon (footballer, born 1931)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Nixon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1931[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Backworth, England | ||
| Date of death | November 2003 (aged 72)[1] | ||
| Place of death | North Tyneside, England | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| 1951–1952 | Darlington | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Nixon (25 May 1931 – November 2003) is an English former amateur footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington. He was on the books of Newcastle United without playing for their first team.[2]
Nixon came into the Darlington side at left half as one of several team changes for the visit to Halifax Town in the Third Division North on 1 December 1951. They lost 4–1, and that was his only senior appearance.[3]
He was born in Backworth, Northumberland, in 1931 and died in North Tyneside in 2003 at the age of 72.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Tom Nixon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
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- 1931 births
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- People from Backworth
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
- Footballers from Tyne and Wear
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1930s birth stubs