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Joe Pointon
English footballer
Joseph Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Pointon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1905-02-01)1 February 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Leek, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1939 (aged 33–34)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Leek, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leek Wesleyans | |||
| Leek National | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Congleton Town | |||
| 1922–1923 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
| 1923–1926 | Port Vale | 10 | (0) |
| 1926–1928 | Luton Town | 65 | (12) |
| 1928–1929 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | (5) |
| 1929–1930 | Torquay United | 27 | (18) |
| 1930–1931 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | (1) |
| 1931–1932 | Walsall | 17 | (4) |
| Total | 144+ | (40+) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pointon played for non-League football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke.[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.[3] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.[1]
Source:[4]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1923–24 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1924–25 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1925–26 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Luton Town | 1926–27 | Third Division South | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| 1927–28 | Third Division South | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | |
| Total | 65 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 13 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1928–29 | Third Division South | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| Torquay United | 1929–30 | Third Division South | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1930–31 | Third Division South | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Walsall | 1931–32 | Third Division South | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 |
| Career total | 144 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 154 | 42 | ||
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- "The lure of promotion. Port Vale". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- Leigh Edwards (March 1997). The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.
- Joe Pointon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)