Johnny Watts (English footballer)

Johnny Watts
Personal information
Full name John William Watts
Date of birth (1931-04-13)13 April 1931
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death March 2006 (2006-04) (aged 74)
Place of death Brownhills, England
Position(s) Right half
Youth career
1948–1951 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1964 Birmingham City 206 (3)
1964–1968 Nuneaton Borough
1968–1969 Bromsgrove Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half.[1]

Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham.[2] He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service.[2] In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times.[2] In 1964 he joined Nuneaton Borough of the Southern League where he was to spend four years.[3] He played briefly for West Midlands (Regional) League club Bromsgrove Rovers before retiring in 1969.[2]

Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006.[4]

Honours

Birmingham City

Nuneaton Borough

References

  1. ^ "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ^ From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 1 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 176. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
    From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 74.
  4. ^ Smith, Lisa (10 March 2006). "Tributes after Blues hero dies". Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.
  5. ^ From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2. p. 34. After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.


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