Noel Kinsey

Noel Kinsey
Personal information
Full name Noel Kinsey[1]
Date of birth (1925-12-24)24 December 1925[1]
Place of birth Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales[1]
Date of death 24 May 2017(2017-05-24) (aged 91)[2]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Treorchy Amateurs
Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1953 Norwich City 223 (57)
1953–1958 Birmingham City 149 (48)
1958–1961 Port Vale 72 (6)
Total 444 (111)
National team
1951–1955 Wales 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 24 May 2017[2]) was a Welsh international footballer.[1] He played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.[3]

Career statistics

Club statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 1947–48 Third Division South 36 1 3 2 0 0 39 3
1948–49 Third Division South 22 11 2 1 0 0 24 12
1949–50 Third Division South 37 14 5 3 0 0 42 17
1950–51 Third Division South 46 13 5 1 0 0 51 14
1951–52 Third Division South 44 11 3 1 0 0 47 12
1952–53 Third Division South 38 7 2 0 0 0 40 7
Total 223 57 20 8 0 0 243 65
Birmingham City 1953–54 Second Division 37 10 2 0 0 0 39 10
1954–55 Second Division 35 13 4 1 0 0 39 14
1955–56 First Division 34 14 6 3 0 0 40 17
1956–57 First Division 28 6 7 3 3[a] 0 38 9
1957–58 First Division 15 5 1 0 1[a] 0 17 5
Total 149 48 20 7 4 0 173 55
Port Vale 1957–58 Third Division 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
1958–59 Fourth Division 36 3 1 0 0 0 37 3
1959–60 Third Division 19 1 1 0 0 0 20 1
1960–61 Third Division 3 0 0 0 3[b] 1 6 1
Total 72 6 2 0 3 1 77 7
Career total 444 111 42 15 7 1 493 127
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in League Cup

International statistics

Wales national team
Year Apps Goals
1951 4 0
1952 0 0
1953 0 0
1954 1 0
1955 2 0
Total[4] 7 0

Honours

Individual

Birmingham City

Port Vale

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 164. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Former Norwich City striker Noel Kinsey dies, aged 91". Norwich Evening News. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapman, Joseph (24 May 2017). "Former Birmingham City player Noel Kinsey passes away, aged 91". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Noel Kinsey". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Baggaley, Mike (24 May 2017). "Tributes paid to former Port Vale forward Noel Kinsey". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Kent, Jeff (1990). "Fame and Fortune (1950–1959)". The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 171–196. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.