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Don Beardsley Personal information Full name Donald Thomas Beardsley[1] Date of birth 23 October 1946 Place of birth Alyth, Scotland Playing position Full back Youth career 1961–196x Hull City Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 196x–1973 Hull City 130 (0) 1972 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 10 (0) 1973–1975 Grimsby Town 66 (0) – Louth United * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Donald Thomas "Don" Beardsley (born 23 October 1946 in Alyth, Perthshire) is a Scottish former footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Hull City, Doncaster Rovers and Grimsby Town.[2] He played in the first game in England to be decided by a penalty shootout, the semi-final of the Watney Cup on 5 August 1970 in which Hull City lost to Manchester United at Boothferry Park.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Don Beardsley". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/AtoC/Beardsley,Don.htm. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ "Don Beardsley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/donbeardsley.htm. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ Motherby, Dan (27 July 1998). "Watney 'ells that?". Amber Nectar. http://www.ambernectar.org/blog/1998/07/watne/. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
- ^ "Penalties decide". The Times: p. 10. 6 August 1970. "After 120 minutes the match became the first to be settled under the new International Football Board ruling that five penalties should be taken by each side."
- ^ Ryles, Owen (15 January 2000). "One of the Tigers most incident-packed matches occurred on the night of August 5, 1970, when they entertained Manchester United in front of 34,007 fans at Boothferry Park" (reprint). Hull Daily Mail (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:HDMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F6D1758268EF503&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- People from Perth and Kinross
- Scottish footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Louth United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Scottish football defender stubs
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