- Ken Wagstaff
Ken Wagstaff was born
24 November 1942 inLangwith ,Nottinghamshire .He had been playing in the Mansfield youth leagues and making quite a name for himself. The then Mansfield Manager
Raich Carter signed him for Mansfield Town in 1960 and immediately put him in the first team squad, for whom he made his league debut on30 August 1960 in a 2–1 victory over Rochdale with 'Waggy' netting both goals, he then went on to make a further 27 appearances that season scoring 7 goals.In 1961–62 he found the net 15 times, but this was just a sign of things to come.
Wagstaff was becoming a firm favourite with the Field Mill crowd and in the 1962–63 season he formed a lethal partnership with Roy Chapman and bagged 40 goals as the
Stags were promoted from Division Four. The following season he continued his goalscoring streak with 29, but as with many a goalscorer down the years a bigger club came knocking on Mansfield's door and Hull City took Waggy to
Boothferry Park for a £40,000 fee on12 November 1964 . Waggy's record at Mansfield was an impressive 93 goals in 181 appearances.Once again he scored on his Club debut for the Tigers, netting a goal in a 3–1 victory over Exeter City. Also on the scoresheet that day was
Chris Chilton and the pair were to form the most formidable strike partnership in the Tigers history. Waggy made 25 appearances for City in his first season, scoring 23 goals.The following season he scored 27 goals in 46 appearances as the Tigers won the old Division 3 Championship. He also famously scored 2 goals in a 2–2 FA Cup match with Chelsea (Hull City lost the replay 3–1).
Waggy carried on playing for the Tigers until 1975 when his career was cut short by a knee injury. His record for the Tigers was 430 appearances and 197 goals. He was voted 'Tiger of the (20th) Century' by Hull City supporters in March 2005.
External links
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/kenwagstaff.htm Career Stats]
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