Dick Johnson (footballer)

Dick Johnson (footballer)
Dick Johnson
Personal information
Full name Richard Kemp Johnson
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 3 January 1933
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Felling Colliery
1919–1924 Liverpool 77 (28)
1924–1928 Stoke 78 (21)
1929–1930 New Brighton 74 (23)
Connah's Quay
Total 229 (72)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Richard Kemp Johnson (born 1895 in Gateshead, England) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Liverpool, New Brighton and Stoke. He made seventy eight appearances for Stoke.

Career

Dick Johnson was a pacey centre-forward with great ball control who scored 72 league goals in a career lasting just 10 years. He helped Liverpool to the Second Division title before joining Stoke where he won the Third Division North in 1926-27 season. He joined New Brighton and Connah's Quay before his death in 1933.[1]

Honours

with Stoke City

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)