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Don Heath Personal information Date of birth 26 december 1944 Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England Playing position Outside Right Youth career 1962-?? Middlesbrough Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† ??-1967 Norwich City 105 (13) 1967-1970 Swindon Town 117 (2) 1970-1971 Oldham Athletic 60 (3) 1971-?? Peterborough United 44 (4) ?? Hartlepool United 37 (2) ?? Crook Town ?? ?? Gateshead United ?? ?? South Bank ?? * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Don Heath (Born 26 December 1944 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is a former football Outside Right.
Beginning his football career as an apprentice at local club Middlesbrough in 1962, Heath did not play first team football until he signed a professional contract with Norwich City. Making a total of 105 league appearances for the club, including helping them reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, he was sold to Swindon Town in 1967 for ₤17,000.[1]
Heath made his début for Swindon on 16 September 1967 in a game versus Northampton Town that his new club won 4-0.[1] He was a member of the squad that won the 1969 League Cup and also the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup before injury forced him out of the first team. With the arrival of Arthur Horsfield at the club, he was side-lined for much of the 1970 season before playing his last game for Swindon on 14 March 1970.[1]
He moved to Oldham Athletic in July 1970 and was a central figure in their successful promotion season of 1970-71.[1] Peterborough United obtained his services on a free transfer the following season before he moved once more, this time to Hartlepool United where his league playing career finished.
Heath went on to play for non-league clubs Gateshead United, Crook Town and South Bank before retiring and taking a job working for ICI in the North of England.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Mattick, Dick (2002). Swindon Town Football Club 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. pp. 46. ISBN 0752427148.
External links
- Don Heath career stats at Soccerbase
- Player Profile - Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk
Categories:- 1944 births
- People from Stockton-on-Tees
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. players
- Association football wingers
- English footballers
- Living people
- Crook Town A.F.C. players
- English football midfielder, 1940s birth stubs
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