Roy Beckett

Roy Wilson Beckett (20 March 1928 – 11 September 2008) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.[1]

Roy Beckett
Personal information
Full name Roy Wilson Beckett[1]
Date of birth 20 March 1928[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 11 September 2008 (aged 80)
Place of death Poole, England
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1942 Milton Youth Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1950 Burslem Albion
1950–1954 Stoke City 14 (1)
1953 Northwich Victoria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Beckett was born in Stoke-on-Trent and played football with Milton Youth Club and Burslem Albion before joining Stoke City in 1950.[1] He was used as a back-up player and in four seasons with the club he played in fifteen matches scoring once against Everton on 13 January 1951.[1] After he left Stoke in 1954 he went on to play for Northwich Victoria.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City[1] 1950–51 First Division 311041
1951–52 First Division 300030
1952–53 First Division 400040
1953–54 Second Division 400040
Career Total 14110151
gollark: Do those exist?
gollark: I used to use those status things, but then I realised that I never looked at my desktop without a window occluding it anyway.
gollark: 9th gen is Coffee Lake Refresh. 10th is Ice Lake and Comet Lake.
gollark: This is wrong though?
gollark: Although until Ice Lake it's not fully fixed-function.

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.