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Ronnie
Dix |
Derby County FC
1 caps, 1 goal
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4:
A 0
100% successful
1938
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Ronald William Dix |
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Born |
5 September 1912 in Bristol,
Gloucestershire [registered in
Bristol, December 1912]. |
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Married |
to Rosamond A. Saunders
[registered in
Bristol, June 1935]. |
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Died |
2 April 1998 in Bristol [registered in
Bath & NE Somerset, April 1998]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 12st.
0lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began playing
football with Bristol Schools before joining Bristol Rovers FC as an
amateur. Joined Blackburn Rovers FC in May 1932 for �3000.
Joined Aston Villa FC in May 1933 and moved onto Derby County AFC in
February 1937. Transferred to Tottenham Hotspur FC in June 1939 and
throughout WWII, he was playing for Blackpool FC. Left White Hart
Lane for Reading FC in November 1947 before retiring at the end of the
1948-49 season. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(1 appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Youngest ever
Football League player at 15 years and 173 days. Youngest ever Football
League scorer when he scored a week later, on 3 March 1928. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
649th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-forward |
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Only match |
No. 221, 9 November 1938, England 4 Norway 0,
a friendly match at St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 26 years
65 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England
Schoolboys (2 appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
|
not known, but appears to have returned to
the Bristol area after hanging up his boots. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.88. |
England
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