Joe Pointon

Joe Pointon
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Pointon[1]
Date of birth	1 February 1905
Place of birth	Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death	1939 (aged 33–34)[1]
Place of death	Leek, Staffordshire, England[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Leek Wesleyans
	Leek National
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Joseph Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Playing career

Pointon played for non-league football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke.[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.[2] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.[1]

Source:[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1923–24	Second Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1924–25	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1925–26	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Luton Town	1926–27	Third Division South	33	4	3	1	0	0	36	5
	1927–28	Third Division South	32	8	3	0	0	0	35	8
	Total		65	12	6	1	0	0	71	13
Brighton & Hove Albion	1928–29	Third Division South	16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5
Torquay United	1929–30	Third Division South	27	18	1	0	0	0	28	18
Bristol Rovers	1930–31	Third Division South	9	1	2	0	0	0	11	1
Walsall	1931–32	Third Division South	17	4	0	0	1	1	18	5
Career total			144	40	9	1	1	1	154	42

Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
Leigh Edwards. The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.
Joe Pointon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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