Norman Rigby

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Norman Rigby
Personal information
Full name Norman Rigby [1]
Date of birth 23 May 1923
Place of birth Warsop, England
Date of death 21 August 2001(2001-08-21) (aged 78) [1]
Place of death Newark-on-Trent, England
Position(s) Centre half, left back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Ransome & Marles 0 (0)
–1944 Newark Town 0 (0)
1944–1951 Notts County 46 (0)
1951–1962 Peterborough United 382 (1)
1962–1964 Boston United
Managerial career
1967–1969 Peterborough United
March Town United
Bourne Town
1972–1978 Stamford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Rigby (23 May 1923 – 21 August 2001) was an English professional footballer who made over 430 appearances as a centre half for Peterborough United. [2] Rigby is a member of the club's Hall of Fame and in a Football League 125th anniversary poll was voted by the Peterborough United supporters as the club's fifth best-ever captain. [3] [4] He later managed Peterborough United and in non-League football. [2]

Contents

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Notts County 1947–48 [5] Third Division South 100010
1948–49 [6] Third Division South500050
1949–50 [7] Third Division South36000360
1950–51 [8] Second Division 400040
Total46000460
Peterborough United 1951–52 [2] Midland League 41120431
1952–53 [2] Midland League370832 [a] 0473
1953–54 [2] Midland League430401 [b] 0480
1954–55 [2] Midland League43010440
1955–56 [2] Midland League400401 [c] 0450
1956–57 [2] Midland League430602 [b] 0510
1957–58 [2] Midland League180302 [b] 0230
1958–59 [2] Midland League340601 [d] 0410
1959–60 [2] Midland League300501 [a] 0360
1960–61 [2] Fourth Division 39020101 [e] 0430
1961–62 [2] Third Division 14000001 [e] 0150
Total3821413101204364
Career Total3821413101204364
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Huntingdonshire Premier Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Maunsell Cup
  3. Appearance in Bancroft Cup
  4. Appearance in East Anglian Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup

Honours

As a player

Notts County

Peterborough United

As a manager

Stamford

As an individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Norman Rigby". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Norman Rigby's Biography". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Retrieved 11 July 2017.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "Peterborough United to officially launch a 'Hall of Fame'" . Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "Peterborough United". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. "Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. "Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. "Notts County Season Stats". carouseldrivefootballs.on.drv.tw. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. Notts County F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. 1 2 Peterborough United F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  11. 1 2 "Stamford – South East Division". The BetVictor Northern Premier. Retrieved 7 June 2020.