Don Beardsley

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Don Beardsley
Personal information
Full name Donald Thomas Beardsley [1]
Date of birth (1946-10-23) 23 October 1946 (age 79)
Place of birth Alyth, Scotland
Position Left-back
Youth career
1962–1966 Hull City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964–1973 Hull City 130 (0)
1972 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
1973–1975 Grimsby Town 66 (0)
– Louth United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Thomas Beardsley (born 23 October 1946) is a Scottish former footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the English Football League playing as a left-back for Hull City, Doncaster Rovers, and Grimsby Town. [2]

He played in the first professional game in England to be decided by a penalty shootout, the semi-final of the Watney Cup on 5 August 1970 in which Hull City lost to Manchester United at Boothferry Park. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Don Beardsley". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Don Beardsley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Motherby, Dan (27 July 1998). "Watney 'ells that?". Amber Nectar. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Penalties decide". The Times. 6 August 1970. p. 10. After 120 minutes the match became the first to be settled under the new International Football Board ruling that five penalties should be taken by each side.
  5. ↑ Ryles, Owen (15 January 2000). "One of the Tigers most incident-packed matches occurred on the night of August 5, 1970, when they entertained Manchester United in front of 34,007 fans at Boothferry Park" (reprint). Hull Daily Mail. NewsBank. Retrieved 29 December 2009.


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