Will Dixon | |
Fullname: | Wilfred Edward Dixon[1] |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1950[2] |
Birth Place: | Wood Green, England |
Height: | [3] |
Position: | Right-back |
Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
Years1: | 1968–1969 |
Clubs1: | Arsenal |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1969–1973 |
Clubs2: | Reading |
Caps2: | 153 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1973 |
Clubs3: | Colchester United |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1973–1977 |
Clubs4: | Swindon Town |
Caps4: | 140 |
Goals4: | 10 |
Years5: | 1977–1980 |
Clubs5: | Aldershot |
Caps5: | 120 |
Goals5: | 6 |
Clubs6: | Woking |
Totalcaps: | 413 |
Totalgoals: | 16 |
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.
Born in Wood Green,[2] 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.[4]
Dixon briefly moved to Colchester United in 1973, but failed to make an appearance for the Essex club.[2] 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.[1]
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.[2]