Jimmy Lawton

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Jimmy Lawton
Personal information
Full name James Michael Lawton
Date of birth (1942-07-06) 6 July 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1966 Darlington 120 (60)
1965–1967 Swindon Town 11 (3)
1967–1968 Watford 13 (1)
1968–1969 Darlington 22 (3)
Total166(67)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Michael Lawton (born 6 July 1942) is an English-born former footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League in the 1960s. [1]

Lawton was born in Middlesbrough, and after playing for his home-town club as an amateur he moved to Darlington in the 1961–62 season. [1] Following 120 league appearances and 60 goals for Darlington, he scored in his last game for the club, a 2–1 defeat of Swindon Town in the League Cup on 22 September 1965; shortly afterwards he was transferred to Swindon in exchange for Alan Sproates and £8,000. [2] [3] However, he only managed 11 league appearances at Swindon in an 18-month stay, [4] and after a short stay at Watford, where he played 13 league games, he returned to Darlington in the 1967–68 season. In his second spell he made 22 league appearances and scored 3 goals before retiring through injury. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Lawton". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  2. "Class of '66 reunited at Fortress Feethams". The Northern Echo . 18 January 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. "Alan Sproates – 1965–1974". Darlington F.C. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. "Jimmy Lawton". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2009.