Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Dumighan [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 25 September 1938||
Place of birth | Quebec, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Mackays S.C. | ||
– | Sunderland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1955–1958 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
1958–1959 | Darlington | 4 | (1) |
– | Horden Colliery Welfare | ||
– | South Shields | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Dumighan (born 25 September 1938) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Darlington. [2]
Dumighan was born in Quebec, County Durham. [1] As a youngster, he played for the works team of Mackay's carpet factory in Durham [3] before joining Sunderland. He never played for their first team, and moved on to Darlington. After four appearances and one goal in the Fourth Division, [1] he moved on to Horden Colliery Welfare and South Shields of the North Eastern League. [3]
Dumighan played cricket at County League level, and retained an involvement with football as a scout for Leeds, then Darlington then for 20 years at Sunderland retiring during 2016. [3]