Ian Dargie (footballer, born 1931)

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Ian Dargie
Personal information
Full name Ian Charles Dargie[1]
Date of birth (1931-10-03)3 October 1931
Place of birth Camberwell, England
Date of death 27 November 2015(2015-11-27) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Haverfordwest, Wales
Position(s)
inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1952 Tonbridge
1952–1963 Brentford 263 (2)
1963–1964 Yiewsley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Charles Dargie (3 October 1931 – 27 November 2015) was an English professional

the Football League with Brentford
, for whom he made over 280 appearances.

Playing career

Brentford

Dargie began his career

centre half,[4] Dargie endured a slow start to his time at Griffin Park, failing to make a breakthrough into the first team until after the Bees were relegation to the Third Division South in 1954, making 22 appearances during the 1954–55 season.[3] Dargie became an integral part of the team was an ever-present during the 1957–58 season, appearing in all 46 league games.[3]

Towards the end of the 1958–59 season, Brentford looked poised to secure promotion back to the Second Division and in recognition of his record of 100th consecutive league appearances, Dargie was handed the captaincy for a league match versus Southampton on 9 March 1959.[5] Brentford won 6–0 at The Dell.[5] A cracked shinbone suffered on Easter Saturday 1959 sidelined Dargie for the remainder of the campaign and the team's defensive record worsened.[6] Dargie was again an ever-present during the 1960–61 season, making a career-high 51 appearances.[3] Brentford suffered relegation to the Fourth Division in 1962 and Dargie fell behind Peter Gelson and Mel Scott in the pecking order.[4] He departed the club at the end of the 1962–63 Fourth Division title-winning season and failed to make enough appearances to qualify for a medal.[4] Dargie made 281 appearances and scored two goals during his time with the Bees and was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in May 2018.[4][7]

Non-league football

Dargie dropped into

Yiewsley.[4]

Later career and death

After his retirement, Dargie became

Haverfordwest, Wales, at the age of 84.[2]

Honours

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1951–52[3] Second Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
1952–53[3] 10 0 0 0 — 10 0
1953–54[3] 14 0 1 0 — 15 0
1954–55[3] Third Division South 20 0 2 0 — 22 0
1955–56[3] 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
1956–57[3] 27 1 3 0 — 30 1
1957–58[3] 46 0 1 0 — 47 0
1958–59[3] Third Division 37 1 4 0 — 41 1
1959–60[3] 20 0 0 0 — 20 0
1960–61[3] 46 0 2 0 3 0 51 0
1961–62[3] 35 0 1 0 1 0 37 0
1962–63[3] Fourth Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 263 2 14 0 4 0 281 2

References

  1. ^ a b "Ian Dargie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Chapman, Mark. "Ian Dargie 1931–2015". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0951526200
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0955294914
    .
  5. ^ a b "Sands of Time: Jimmy Towers sends up the hundred". Get West London. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ISBN 1-874427-57-7
    .
  7. ^ a b "Prizes shared at last night's Player of the Year Awards". Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ^ Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End. Blackheath: Morganprint. 25 September 1999. p. 41.
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