Personal information | |||
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Full name | John William Watts | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | March 2006 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Brownhills, England | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Youth career | |||
1948–1951 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1951–1964 | Birmingham City | 206 | (3) |
1964–1968 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
1968–1969 | Bromsgrove Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half. [1]
Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham. [2] He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service. [2] In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times. [2] In 1964 he joined Nuneaton Borough of the Southern League where he was to spend four years. [3] He played briefly for West Midlands (Regional) League club Bromsgrove Rovers before retiring in 1969. [2]
Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006. [4]
Birmingham City
Nuneaton Borough
After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | John William Watts | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | March 2006 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Brownhills, England | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Youth career | |||
1948–1951 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1951–1964 | Birmingham City | 206 | (3) |
1964–1968 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
1968–1969 | Bromsgrove Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half. [1]
Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham. [2] He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service. [2] In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times. [2] In 1964 he joined Nuneaton Borough of the Southern League where he was to spend four years. [3] He played briefly for West Midlands (Regional) League club Bromsgrove Rovers before retiring in 1969. [2]
Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006. [4]
Birmingham City
Nuneaton Borough
After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.