Ronnie Dix	Derby County FC 1 appearance, 1 goal P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4: A 0 100% successful 1938 captain: none minutes played: 90
Profile
Full name	Ronald William Dix
Born	5 September 1912 in Bristol, Gloucestershire [registered in Bristol, December 1912].
census notes	According to the 1939 register, Ronald is a professional footballer, married to Rosamund, and they are living at 55 North Street in Bristol, the home of his wife's parents, Arthur and Florence Saunders.
Married	to Rosamond A. Saunders (b.30 December 1910) [registered in Bristol, June 1935].
Died	2 April 1998 in Bristol, aged 85 years 209 days [registered in Bath & NE Somerset, April 1998].
Height/Weight	5' 10", 10st. 10lbs [1930]. 5' 8½", 12st. 0lbs [1938].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Club Career
Club(s)	Began playing football with Bristol Schools before joining Bristol Rovers FC as an amateur. Everton FC bid for Dix and his teammate Cliff Britton in May 1930, Britton went on 3 June, Dix did not. Blackburn Rovers FC had also offered £3000 for the pair. The Toffee's made a second attempt in May 1931 in an affair that changed the purpose of the transfer system. Dix had promised to join Everton FC at the end of the 1930-31 season, but his club, Bristol Rovers FC refused to honour the agreement that Everton FC state they entered into. Rovers were made to pay all legal costs after failing to provide evidence to the contrary. The Football League were then told that all transfers were not considered final until the League Committee had been notified of any transfer and that all contract agreements must written down as evidence. Dix did leave Rovers, a year later, after a hundred league appearances and 33 goals, when he joined Blackburn Rovers FC on 9 May 1932 for £3000. Another year, and he joined Aston Villa FC in May 1933 and 97 league appearances and thirty goals later, moved onto Derby County AFC in February 1937 and followed with 94 league appearances and 35 league goals. Transferred to Tottenham Hotspur FC in June 1939 and throughout WWII, he was playing for Blackpool FC. Left White Hart Lane for Reading FC on 6 November 1947 before retiring at the end of the 1948-49 season.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	Football League (one appearance)
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.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of three who became the 648th players (649) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Inside-left
Only match	No. 221, 9 November 1938, England 4 Norway 0, a friendly match at St James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, aged 26 years 65 days.
Major tournaments	None
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England Schoolboy (two appearances, 1927)
Distinctions	Died nineteen days after Peter Sillett
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.

Ronnie Dix - Match History
Club: Derby County F.C. - 1 full cap F.A. International Select Committee - 1 full capx
Age 26
1	221	9 November 1938 - England 4 Norway 0, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	Fr	HW	Start 25	10

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