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English footballer (1882–1985)

Wilf Nixon
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Nixon
Date of birth (1882-10-22)22 October 1882
Place of birth Workington, England
Date of death 8 April 1985(1985-04-08) (aged 102)
Place of death Gateshead, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Newcastle United 0 (0)
Hexham
Carlisle United
Wallsend Park Villa
Haltwhistle Black Diamond
Newburn
1912–1920 Fulham 27 (0)
1915–1916 → Queens Park Rangers (guest) 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Nixon (22 October 1882 – 8 April 1985) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham as a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Nixon served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917 and was then interned as a prisoner of war. Nixon died at home in Gateshead on 8 April 1985, at the age of 102.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1914–15 Second Division 19 0 2 0 21 0
Career total 19 0 2 0 21 0

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 218. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Wilf Nixon on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ "Wilfred Nixon death notice". Gateshead Post. 18 April 1985. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1915–16". QPRnet. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. "Wilfred Nixon | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  9. White, Alex (1 August 2012). The Fulham FC Miscellany. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-9057-1.
  10. "Fulham Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.


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