Richard York

Richard York

Personal information
Full name	Richard Ernest York
Date of birth	25 April 1899(1899-04-25)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	9 December 1969(1969-12-09) (aged 70)
Place of death	Handsworth, West Midlands, England
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
	Handsworth Royal
	Birchfield Rangers
	the RAF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1915–1931	Aston Villa	356	(79)
1931–1932	Port Vale	26	(5)
	Brierley Hill Alliance
Total		382+	(84+)
National team
1922–1926	England	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Richard Ernest (Dickie) York (25 April 1899 – 9 December 1969) was an English footballer, who in addition to a long club career with Aston Villa in the Football League appeared twice for the England national team.

Club career

York started his career with Handsworth Royal, Birchfield Rangers and the RAF and also guested for Chelsea during World War I. In March 1915 he joined Aston Villa as an amateur, signing professional forms in August 1919. He went on to play than 390 games for the club (in all competitions) in his sixteen year association with the club.^[1]

He joined Port Vale in June 1931, making his debut in a 3-1 win at Plymouth Argyle on 29 August 1931. He was a first team regular until he was struck by injury in December of that year. After his recovery he played infrequently before being transferred to Brierley Hill Alliance in August 1932.^[2]

International career

He made two appearances for England, both against Scotland in April 1922 and April 1926.^[3]

Honours

with Aston Villa

• FA Cup runner-up: 1924

References

1. ^ "Detailed bio". Aston Villa Database. http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1474.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 
3. ^ "Richard York". englandstats.com. http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=1101. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 

Persondata
Name	York, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	25 April 1899
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	9 December 1969
Place of death	Handsworth, West Midlands, England