Dave Beswick

Dave Beswick
Personal information
Full name David Beswick[1]
Date of birth 18 June 1910[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 1991 (aged 81)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Mount Pleasant
1929–1932 Stoke City 9 (0)
1933 Walsall 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Beswick (18 June 1910 – 1991) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.[1]

Career

Beswick was born in Stoke-on-Trent and played for Mount Pleasant before joining Stoke City in 1929. He provided back up to Dick Williams, Norman Lewis and Roy John during a four-year spell at the Victoria Ground.[1] He played once in 1929–30 six times in 1930–31 and twice in 1932–33 before leaving for Walsall.[1] He made just one appearance for the "Saddlers" which came in the Third Division North Cup.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup 3rd Div. Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1929–30 Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1930–31 Second Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1931–32 Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932–33 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Walsall 1933–34 Third Division North 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Career Total 9 0 0 0 1 0 10 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Dave Beswick at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)