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Richard Davis Personal information Full name Richard Frederick Davis Date of birth 14 November 1943 Place of birth Plymouth, England Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Full-back Youth career 1960–1961 Plymouth Argyle Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1961–1964 Plymouth Argyle 23 (0) 1964–1965 Southampton 1 (0) 1965–1969 Bristol City 8 (0) 1969–1970 Barrow 50 (0) 1970–19?? Falmouth Town Teams managed – Falmouth Town * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Richard Frederick Davis (born 14 November 1943) is a retired English footballer who played as a full-back for various clubs in the 1960s.
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Football career
Plymouth Argyle
Davis was born in Plymouth, Devon and joined his local club, Plymouth Argyle as a trainee in August 1960, going on to sign as a professional a year later on his 18th birthday.[1] Described as "a strongly built left-back",[1] Davis made his first-team debut in a 3–2 defeat at Derby County on 20 Mar 1963. In his second match, Davis came up against Stanley Matthews of Stoke City,[2] going down to another defeat. Despite being on the losing side in both his opening matches, Davis retained his place for the rest of the season.[3]
He started the 1963–64 season playing six of the first eight games, before losing his place to Wilf Carter. After another five league matches between late-November and mid-January, of which four were defeats, Davis returned to the reserves, with the long-serving Bryce Fulton taking over at left-back.[4] In his two seasons as a professional with Argyle, Davis made a total of 24 appearances.[5]
Southampton
Davis joined fellow Second Division side Southampton in July 1964.[1] He spent most of his time at The Dell in the reserves and made his solitary first-team appearance away to his former club on 17 February 1965, losing 4–0 as the "Saints" were "outplayed fore and aft" by Argyle, with Mike Trebilcock scoring twice.[6]
Later career
Davis left Southampton in July 1965 to join Bristol City where he made only eight appearances in a four-year spell before joining Barrow in March 1969 where he made 50 appearances[7] before dropping down to non-league football in the summer of 1970.[1]
He then joined Falmouth Town in Cornwall, where he had a short spell as manager.[1] He later assisted Plymouth Argyle in their School of Excellence and was also a physical education teacher in Plymouth for over 20 years.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ^ Green, Quintrell (6 July 2009). "Bryce Fulton". Plymouth Argyle Supporters on the Internet. http://pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic.php?p=520295&sid=7b286526b5c4a42f4e1b39be422be8ef. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Season's Results 1962–1963". Plymouth Argyle database. Greens on Screen. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-season.asp?years=1962-1963. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Season's Results 1963–1964". Plymouth Argyle database. Greens on Screen. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-season.asp?years=1963-1964. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Richard Davis". Plymouth Argyle Player Database. Greens on Screen. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=229&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. p. 80. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
- ^ Brown, Neil. "Dick Davis". A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/dickdavis.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. p. 501.
Categories:- 1943 births
- People from Plymouth
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- The Football League players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Falmouth Town A.F.C. players
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