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Wally Ardron

Ardron in 1948
Personal information
Date of birth	19 September 1918
Place of birth	Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death	1978
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Denaby United
1938–1949	Rotherham United	123	(98)
1949–1955	Nottingham Forest	182	(123)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wally Ardron (19 September 1918 – March 1978) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. He joined Rotherham United from Denaby United, and went on to score 98 Football League goals for Rotherham, either side of World War II.

He joined Nottingham Forest after his time at Rotherham. Ardron scored on his league debut for Nottingham Forest on 20 August 1949 in the 2–2 draw away to Brighton. He holds the record for scoring most Forest league goals in one season (36 in 1950–51) and is their third highest goal scorer in all competitions.

Career statistics

References

1. ^ "Wally Ardron". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
2. ^ Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.
3. "Records". Nottingham Forest FC. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
4. Wally Ardron at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

• 1918 births
• 1978 deaths
• People from Swinton, South Yorkshire
• Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
• Footballers from South Yorkshire
• English men's footballers
• Men's association football forwards
• English Football League players
• Denaby United F.C. players
• Nottingham Forest F.C. players
• Rotherham United F.C. players
• 20th-century English sportsmen