Joe Duckworth (footballer)

Joseph Cullen Duckworth (29 April 1898 – 1965[3]) was an English footballer who made more than 300 Football League appearances playing as a goalkeeper.[1]

Joe Duckworth
Personal information
Full name Joseph Cullen Duckworth[1]
Date of birth (1898-04-29)29 April 1898[1]
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Date of death 1965 (aged 66–67)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1915 Accrington Stanley
1915–1921 Blackburn Rovers 5 (0)
1921–1924 Aberdare Athletic 84 (0)
1924–1930 Reading 202 (0)
1930–1932 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 (0)
1932–193? York City 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Duckworth was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1898.[1] He played football for Lancashire Combination club Accrington Stanley before signing amateur forms with Blackburn Rovers. He made his Football League debut in the first season after the First World War for Blackburn Rovers, and played five First Division matches for Rovers before joining Aberdare Athletic in July 1921 ahead of their first season in the Football League.[1][2] He made 84 league appearances over three years in the Third Division South.[1]

He joined Reading in 1924, and missed only one league match in his first four years with the club; he was ever-present in the 1925–26 Football League season as Reading won the Third Division South title.[2] His winner's medal was found in 1991 at a car boot sale in Manchester. He also played in Reading's run to the 1926–27 FA Cup semi-final against eventual winners Cardiff City, and a Cup win against league leaders Sheffield Wednesday in January 1929, where he was singled out for particular praise.[4]

Given a free transfer in 1930, Duckworth then spent two seasons with Brighton & Hove Albion and one with York City.[2]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. Reading Football Club programme of 13th November 1965 versus Bristol Rovers, page 13
  4. Reading Football Club 1871–1997, Images of Sport compiled by David Downs, 075241061X


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