Dave Elliott (footballer, born 1945)

Dave Elliott (born 10 February 1945) is an English former professional footballer and manager.

Dave Elliott
Personal information
Full name David Elliott[1]
Date of birth (1945-02-10) 10 February 1945
Place of birth Tantobie, England
Youth career
Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Sunderland 31 (1)
1966–1971 Newcastle United 80 (4)
1971–1975 Southend United 178 (9)
1975–1976 Newport County 21 (0)
1976–1978 Bangor City
1978–1979 Newport County 2 (0)
Caernarfon Town
Teams managed
1975–1976 Newport County (player-manager)
1976–1978 Bangor City (player-manager)
Caernarfon Town (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A midfielder, he began his career as an apprentice at Sunderland before moving to Newcastle United and Southend United. In 1975, he joined Newport County as player/manager and made 21 Football League appearances in the 1975–76 season before joining Bangor City as player/manager. He rejoined Newport during the 1978–79 season, making a further two appearances before becoming player/manager of Caernarfon Town.[2]

His daughter, Louise Elliott, is a TV and radio presenter for BBC Wales.[3]

After retirement, he opened a shop in Bangor, Gwynedd which remained well into the 1990s called'Dave Elliott Sports' which was very successful until the arrival of Allsports (which later became JJB Sports).

References
  1. "Dave Elliott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "Dave Elliott". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. Wightwick, Abbie (15 May 2009). "Keep on running – Louise Elliott on turning 40 and doing her first half marathon". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 November 2016.


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