Nigel Sims
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 August 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire, England | ||
Date of death | 6 January 2018 | (aged 86)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
194x–1948 | Stapenhill | ||
1948–1956 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | (0) |
1956–1964 | Aston Villa | 264 | (0) |
1963 | Toronto City | ||
1964–1965 | Peterborough United | 16 | (0) |
1967 | Toronto Falcons | 2 | (0) |
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Toronto Italia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Nigel Sims (9 August 1931 – 6 January 2018) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Peterborough United in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Sims was born at
that same month.He was on the winning side in the 1957 FA Cup final, in which Villa beat Manchester United 2–1,[6] followed three years later by a Second Division winners' medal. In 1961, he helped Villa lift the inaugural League Cup.[7]
He played representative matches for the
in 1958, was the first winner of Aston Villa supporters' "Terrace Trophy".[9]
Toronto Italia
.
In Safe Hands, a book about his footballing memories, was published in August 2012.[12]
References
- ^ "Nigel Sims". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Team Details: 1948–1949". Wolves-Stats. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Glass, George (12 April 2009). "13 September 1950". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Players. A–Z". Wolves-Stats. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Sims, Nigel David". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Young Football League Team. Change of Policy Justified". The Times. 23 September 1957. p. 13.
- ^ "Lions Roar at Awards". Aston Villa F.C. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side – 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 232.
- ^ "North American Soccer League Players Nigel Sims". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "In Safe Hands: Nigel Sims' Football Memories". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
External links
- NPSL stats and photo at NASL Jerseys
- Nigel Sims at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database