Dick Everitt
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Ewart Everitt[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 May 1922||
Place of birth |
Carlisle , England | ||
Date of death | 18 May 2012[1] | (aged 90)||
Place of death | Rotherham, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) | |
1945–1947 | Darlington | 1 | (0) |
1947–1949 | Worksop Town | ||
1949–1953 | King's Lynn | ||
March Town United | |||
Long Sutton Town | |||
Managerial career | |||
Long Sutton Town (player-manager) | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Richard Ewart Everitt (3 May 1922 – 18 May 2012) was an English amateur
the Football League for Darlington.[2]
Life and career
Everitt was born in
the Football League – in the second match of the first post-war season, on 4 September 1946 against Lincoln City in the Football League Third Division North.[4]
Unwilling to commit to full-time football, Everitt worked on the railways and played
Away from football, Everitt worked for the
Eastern Electricity Board, and he and his wife, Florence, kept pubs.[5][6] He died in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2012 at the age of 90.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dick Everitt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
- ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
- ^ a b "Dick Everitt". thelinnets.co.uk. Blue & Gold Supporters' Trust. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Football: Linnets legend Dick Everitt dies at 90". Lynn News. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.