Dick Habbin

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Dick Habbin
Personal information
Full name Richard Leonard Habbin
Date of birth (1949-01-06) 6 January 1949 (age 74)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
?–1969 Cambridge United ? (?)
1969–1975 Reading 219 (42)
1975–1977 Rotherham United 84 (19)
1977–1979 Doncaster Rovers 60 (12)
1979–? Maltby Miners Welfare ? (?)
Managerial career
1979–? Maltby Miners Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Leonard Habbin (born 6 January 1949 in Cambridge, England) is an English former footballer and manager.

Career

Habbin joined Reading in March 1969 from non-league side Cambridge United. [1] He joined Rotherham United in January 1975 after making 219 appearances and scoring 24 goals in the Football League for Reading. [1] He made 84 appearances and scored 19 goals in the league for them before joining Doncaster Rovers in September 1977. [1] He made 60 appearances and scored 12 goals in the league for them before being released at the end of the 1978–79 season. [1] [2]

He became player-manager of Maltby Miners Welfare in 1979. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ "Dick Habbin". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  3. ↑ "DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

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