Dickie Davis (footballer) explained

Dickie Davis
Fullname:Richard Daniel Davis
Birth Date:22 January 1922
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Death Place:Bishop's Stortford, England
Position:Forward
Years1:1946–1954
Caps1:144
Goals1:73
Years2:1954–1957
Caps2:93
Goals2:32
Totalcaps:237
Totalgoals:105

Richard Daniel Davis (22 January 1922 – 11 August 1999) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington as a forward.

Life and club career

Davis was born in Birmingham in 1922. He was a schoolboy international, and after playing football for Morris Motors he signed for Sunderland in 1939. He made his debut on 7 December 1946 against Leeds United in a 1–1 draw at Elland Road. He finished as the Football League First Division's top scorer in the 1949–50 season with 25 goals.[1] During his time at Roker Park spanning from 1946 to 1954, he made 144 league appearances and scored 73 goals.[2] He moved on to Darlington in 1954 and scored 32 goals in 93 league appearances in three seasons at Feethams.[3] In 1957 he retired from football, aged 35.[4] He died in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, in 1999 at the age of 77.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1947–92 . James M. . Ross . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) . 7 June 2018 . 24 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Dickie Davis . The Stat Cat . 1 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708225053/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG277.asp . 8 July 2008.
  3. Web site: Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 . Neil Brown . Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database . 24 July 2018.
  4. Web site: SAFC Top 100: #78. Dickie Davis . A Love Supreme . 1 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080209142355/http://www.a-love-supreme.com/100%20greatest/80-71.htm . 9 February 2008.