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David Robinson (14 July 1948 – April 2016) was an English professional footballer who played as a central defender.He played nearly 300 games in the Football League for Birmingham City and Walsall, [2] before joining Southern League club Tamworth as player-manager. [3]
Thomas Wilson (15 September 1930 – 21 April 1992) [1] was an English professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall.. Signed for Nottingham Forest from local club Cinderhill Colliery in 1951, originally played as a winger; switched to centre forward in 1956 and scored 14 goals in the 1956–57 season, in which Forest were promoted to the First Division.
Walsall were formed as Walsall Town Swifts F.C. in 1888 when Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. amalgamated. [2] Walsall Town had been founded in 1874 as Walsall Football Club and Walsall Swifts in 1875 as Victoria Swifts.<Birth of the Saddlers, Bradbury 2015> Both clubs had played at the Chuckery, since April 1881 when Walsall Swifts ...
Wayne Duncan Evans (25 August 1971 – July 2023) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a defender for Walsall and Rochdale in the Football League.He later went on to coach youth players, one club being Penn Fusion Soccer Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
Colin Taylor (24 August 1940 — June 2005) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger for Walsall F.C. in three different spells, with whom he made at least 459 league appearances by the end of the 1972–73 season, scoring at least 169 goals.
He was an extra-time substitute on 27 May 2001, when Walsall defeated Reading 3–2 at the Millennium Stadium to win the play-off final for promotion to the First Division. [ 1 ] After a season at Mansfield Town in the Second Division, in 2003 Gadsby returned to the West Midlands , joining Third Division club Kidderminster Harriers . [ 2 ]
Henry Alfred "Harry" Beck, (21 February 1901 – 1979) also known as Harold Beck, was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Barrow, York City and Wrexham. References [ edit ]
Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a sports co-commentator for BBC Humberside. As a player, he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest , Walsall , Birmingham City , Stourbridge and Tamworth . [ 1 ]