Gordon Nutt

Gordon Nutt

Personal information
Date of birth	8 November 1932 (1932-11-08) (age 79)
Place of birth	South Yardley, England
Playing position	Left winger
Youth career
1947–1951	Coventry City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1951–1954	Coventry City	76	(11)
1954–1955	Cardiff City	17	(4)
1955–1960	Arsenal	49	(10)
1960–1961	Southend United	16	(2)
1961–1962	PSV Eindhoven	31	(5)
1965	Sydney Croatia
1968–1969	Manly-Warringah
Total		189	(32)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gordon Nutt (born 8 November 1932) is an English former professional footballer who played in England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Australia. He made a total of 189 league appearances, and scored 32 goals.

Career

Born in South Yardley, Birmingham, Nutt played youth football with Coventry City. He signed professional forms with Coventry in 1949, but did not make his league debut until 1951. He remained at the club until 1954, when he moved to Wales, for a fee of £12,000, to play with Cardiff City. After one year with Cardiff, he signed for Arsenal, in a swap deal which saw Nutt and Cardiff teammate Mike Tiddy move to London in exchange for Brian Walsh and a minor fee.

Nutt made his Arsenal debut on 24 September 1955 against Sunderland but broke his ankle a fortnight later against Everton and made only nine appearances that season. He only played once in 1956-57 but came back into the side in 1957-58, sharing the left wing position with Joe Haverty for two seasons. After that he dropped back into the reserves and only played three times in 1959-60. In total, he played 51 games for Arsenal in five seasons, scoring 10 goals.

He moved to Southend United in October 1960. He spent just one season with Southend, before moving to the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven. He later played in Australia with Sydney Croatia and Manly-Warringah,^[1] and also coached the Tasmania official football team.^[2]

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0. 

1. ^ "Australian Player Database". Oz Football. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/N/NU.html. Retrieved 31 March 2009. 
2. ^ Walter Pless. "Nagoya Grampus Eight had a whale of a time in Tasmania in 1993". http://walterplessonsoccer.blogspot.com/2009/09/nagoya-grampus-eight-had-whale-of-time.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 

External links

• Official website
• Player profile at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
• Player profile at Arsenal.com

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Name	Nutt, Gordon
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Date of birth	8 November 1932
Place of birth	South Yardley, England
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