Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stanley William Risdon [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] [1] | 13 August 1913||
Place of birth | Exeter, England | ||
Date of death | 2 August 1979[1] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Hove, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Utility player | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Tipton St John | |||
St Mary's Majors | |||
1933–1936 | Exeter City | 35 | (1) |
1936–1948 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | (0) |
1948–1954 | Hastings United | ||
1954–19?? | Bexhill Town Athletic (player-coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stanley William Risdon (13 August 1913 – 2 August 1979) was an English professional footballer who played in a variety of positions in the Football League for Exeter City and Brighton & Hove Albion. [3]
Risdon was born in 1913 in Exeter, Devon. [1] He played minor football for Tipton St John and St Mary Majors before joining Exeter City, initially as an amateur, in 1933. [1] Playing at inside right and then at right half, Risdon made 35 appearances in the Third Division South by the end of the 1935–36 season, [3] but refused the offer of another season, and signed for division rivals Brighton & Hove Albion. [4]
Never a regular in Albion's league side, Risdon made only 23 first-team appearances, mainly playing as a defender, before the Second World War put a stop to competitive football. He was able to play regularly for the club throughout the war, and made his final appearances for the first team in the 1946–47 season. [1] As a benefit, the proceeds of three league matches in 1948 and 1949 were shared between Risdon and four other long-serving players, Len Darling, Ernie Marriott, Bert Stephens and Joe Wilson. [5]
Risdon joined the newly formed Southern League club Hastings United in 1948. He remained with Hastings United for six years, and received a benefit from them as well, [1] before becoming player-coach of Sussex County League club Bexhill Town Athletic. [6]
He died in Hove, Sussex, in 1979 at the age of 65. [1]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion [1] | 1936–37 | Third Division South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1937–38 | Third Division South | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
1938–39 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1945–46 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
1946–47 | Third Division South | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
1947–48 | Third Division South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 1 | ||
Career total | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 1 |