Laurie Nevins Explained

Laurie Nevins
Fullname:Laurence Nevins
Birth Date:2 July 1920
Birth Place:Gateshead, England
Death Place:Gateshead, England
Height:[1]
Position:Outside left
Years1:1939–1947
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1947–1948
Caps2:5
Goals2:0
Years3:1948–1949
Caps3:18
Goals3:8

Laurence Nevins (2 July 1920 – June 1972) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Hartlepools United. He joined Newcastle United in 1939 as an amateur, and turned professional in 1940, but never made a peacetime appearance. During the Second World War, he made guest appearances for Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers, and played regularly for Dundee United in the Scottish wartime competitions while serving in the Royal Navy as a submariner.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: New player for United . The Courier . Dundee . 16 April 1942 . 4 . A new outside-left will take the field for Dundee United on Saturday against Rangers: Laurence Nevins, Newcastle United, who comes with a good recommendation. He is 5 ft. 6 in., weighs around 10 st., and is reckoned fast and a good shot..
  2. Web site: Laurie Nevins player profile . Arab Archive . 8 November 2018.
  3. Book: Tim . Carder . Roger . Harris . Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. . Goldstone Books . Hove . 1997 . 183–184 . 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  4. Book: Rollin, Jack . Soccer at War 1939–45 . Headline . London . 2005 . 368, 397 . 978-0-7553-1431-7.