Doug Lishman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas John Lishman | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 December 1994 (aged 71) | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Paget Rangers | |||
| 1946–1948 | Walsall | 59 | (26) |
| 1948–1956 | Arsenal | 226 | (125) |
| 1956–1957 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | (22) |
| International career | |||
| 1953 |
England B | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Douglas John Lishman (14 September 1923 – 21 December 1994) was an English
Career
Born in
He was signed by
However, Lishman recovered to become Arsenal's top scorer in 1950–51, and the next season hit 30 goals, including three
Lishman's disappointment was soon forgotten, as Arsenal won the
Lishman was top scorer for another two seasons after that, making it five successive seasons as the club's top scorer in total. With younger men like Derek Tapscott and David Herd taking over goalscoring duties for Arsenal, however, Lishman was dropped from the first team in 1955–56. In all he scored 137 goals in 244 appearances, making him the club's seventh-highest goalscorer of all time.[2][3]
In March 1956 he was sold to Second Division Nottingham Forest. Whilst at Forest Lishman, scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Sheffield United, a win that allowed for Forest to be promoted to Division One in 1956–57.[4] Lishman eventually decided to retire as a footballer in the summer of 1957, leaving the game entirely. He joined his father-in law in the furniture retail business in Stoke-on-Trent, later taking over the business himself. He continued to live in Stoke-on-Trent until his death in 1994.[5]
Honours
- Arsenal[2]
References
- Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
- Specific
- ^ "Doug Lishman". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ a b c d e "Doug Lishman". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Pictures: Top 10 Arsenal goalscorers". Arsenal F.C. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Historic day that Forest returned to top flight in 1957". Nottingham Post.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "LISHMAN, Doug". Where Are They Now.co.uk.
- ^ "1953/54 F.A. Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2022.