Don Emery

Don Emery
Personal information
Full name Donald Kenneth James Emery[1]
Date of birth (1920-06-11)11 June 1920
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Date of death 19 November 1993(1993-11-19) (aged 73)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1948 Swindon Town 69 (3)
1948–1952 Aberdeen 89 (17)
1952–1956 East Fife 92 (5)
Total 250 (25)
Managerial career
Fraserburgh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Don Emery (11 June 1920 – 19 November 1993) was a Welsh footballer. He played for Swindon Town, Aberdeen and East Fife, and in the late 1950s managed Scottish Highland Football League Club, Fraserburgh FC. In 1969 he was part of a consortium that failed in an attempt to unseat and replace the board of Aberdeen FC.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club[2][3] Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swindon Town 1937–38 Third Division South 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1 0
1938–39 8 1 1 0 0 0 - - 9 1
1939–40 Competitive Football

Cancelled Due to WW2

1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47 Third Division South 23 2 2 0 0 0 - - 25 2
1947–48 37 0 5 0 0 0 - - 42 0
Total 69 3 8 0 0 0 - - 77 3
Aberdeen 1948–49 Scottish Division One 15 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 5
1949–50 29 5 5 1 6 3 0 0 40 9
1950–51 25 4 2 1 10 2 0 0 37 7
1951–52 20 3 4 0 6 1 0 0 30 4
Total 89 17 11 2 25 6 0 0 125 25
East Fife 1952–53 - - - - - - - - - - -
1953–54 - - - - - - - - - -
1954–55 - - - - - - - - - -
1955–56 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 92 5 - - - - - - 92+ 5+
Career total 250 25 19+ 2+ 25+ 6+ 0 0 294+ 27+

References

  1. ^ "Don Emery". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Don EMERY – Player Profile". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  • Don Emery at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database


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