Tom Nixon (footballer, born 1931) explained

Tom Nixon
Fullname:Thomas Nixon
Birth Date:25 March 1931
Birth Place:Backworth, England
Death Place:North Tyneside, England
Position:Wing half
Years1:1950
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1951–1952
Clubs2:Darlington
Caps2:1
Goals2:0

Thomas Nixon (25 May 1931 – November 2003) is an English former amateur footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington. He was on the books of Newcastle United without playing for their first team.[1]

Nixon came into the Darlington side at left half as one of several team changes for the visit to Halifax Town in the Third Division North on 1 December 1951. They lost 4–1, and that was his only senior appearance.[2]

He was born in Backworth, Northumberland, in 1931 and died in North Tyneside in 2003 at the age of 72.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 . Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database . Neil Brown . 22 November 2016.
  2. Book: Tweddle, Frank . The Definitive Darlington F.C. . SoccerData . Nottingham . 2000 . 48 . 978-1-899468-15-7.