Don Carter (footballer) explained

Don Carter
Fullname:Donald Frederick Carter
Birth Date:11 September 1921
Birth Place:Midsomer Norton, England
Death Place:Bath, England
Position:Outside left, inside forward
Clubs1:Norton St John's
Years2:193?–1939
Clubs2:Stourbridge
Years3:1939–1948
Caps3:56
Goals3:27
Years4:1948
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Years5:1948–1951
Caps5:105
Goals5:19
Years6:1951–195?
Clubs6:Northwich Victoria

Donald Frederick Carter (11 September 1921 – 2002) was an English professional footballer who scored 46 goals from 163 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside left or inside forward for Bury, Blackburn Rovers and New Brighton.

Life and career

Carter was born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, in 1921. He played non-league football for Norton St John's[1] before joining Birmingham League club Stourbridge early in the 1938–39 season. Playing at outside left, he soon attracted attention from bigger clubs, and in January 1939 signed for Bury of the Football League Second Division.[2]

He did not make his senior debut for the club until after the Second World War, and scored 27 goals from 56 matches over two seasons. The goals included a hat-trick in a 6–3 win against Bradford Park Avenue in 1947.[3] Carter spent a few months with Blackburn Rovers, playing twice without scoring, and then joined New Brighton in November 1948. He scored 19 goals from 105 league appearances, and left for Northwich Victoria after New Brighton finished bottom of the Third Division North and were not re-elected.[4] [5]

Carter died in Bath, Somerset, in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player search . The English National Football Archive . 19 June 2019.
  2. News: Stourbridge player for Bury . Birmingham Post . 28 January 1939 . 8.
  3. Web site: Bury 1885 . Bury Mad . 2 November 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050124150051/http://www.bury-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED21&id=21766 . 24 January 2005.
  4. Web site: New Brighton . Football Club History Database . 21 June 2019.
  5. News: Macclesf'd v. N'thwich . Liverpool Echo . 15 September 1951 . 18 . Northwich had Carter, of New Brighton, at outside left..