Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilfred Edward Dixon | ||
Date of birth | (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 74) | ||
Place of birth | Wood Green, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Arsenal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1969 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
1969–1973 | Reading | 153 | (0) |
1973 | Colchester United | 0 | (0) |
1973–1977 | Swindon Town | 140 | (10) |
1977–1980 | Aldershot | 120 | (6) |
Woking | |||
Total | 413 | (16) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilfred Edward Dixon (born 20 February 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Reading, Swindon Town and Aldershot.
Career
Born in Wood Green, Dixon was a product of the Arsenal youth system. Never appearing for the Gunners, he signed initially on a two-month loan with Reading before signing on a permanent basis in July 1969. Here, he was a regular first-team member and recorded one goal in 171 appearances in all competitions before falling out of favour in 1973.
Dixon briefly moved to Colchester United in 1973, but failed to make an appearance for the Essex club. He signed for Swindon Town in September 1973 but didn't make his debut for the club until 1 January 1974 in a 3–1 win over Preston North End. He went on to make 162 appearances in all competitions and scored 13 goals prior to his release at the end of the 1976–77 season.
After Swindon, Dixon moved to Aldershot where he made 120 league appearances and scored six goals, before moving into non-League football with Woking in 1980.
References
- ^ "Will DIXON". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Will Dixon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Macdonald Futura Publishers. 1980. p. 46. ISBN 0362020175.
- "Will Dixon". Reading FC Former Players' Association. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
- Will Dixon at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Haringey
- People from Wood Green
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- English Football League players