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Full name | Thomas Royston Vernon [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 April 1937||
Place of birth | Ffynnongroew, Wales [1] | ||
Date of death | 4 December 1993 56) [1] | (aged||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1960 | Blackburn Rovers | 131 | (49) |
1960–1965 | Everton | 176 | (101) |
1965–1970 | Stoke City | 84 | (22) |
1967 | → Cleveland Stokers (guest) | 11 | (2) |
1970 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1970 | Cape Town City | ||
1970–1972 | Great Harwood | ||
1972 | Hellenic | ||
Total | 406 | (174) | |
International career‡ | |||
1957–1968 | Wales | 32 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC) |
Thomas Royston "Roy" Vernon (14 April 1937 – 4 December 1993) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City. [1] Vernon won 32 caps for Wales, scoring eight goals in total, and representing his country in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. [2]
Vernon was born in Ffynnongroew, Flintshire. [2] He made his debut for Blackburn Rovers at the age of 18. He soon became a regular under Johnny Carey and Ewood Park and scored 15 goals in 44 games in 1957–58 as Rovers won promotion to the First Division. He took to the top flight with ease scoring 17 goals in 1958–59 as Blackburn finished in 10th position.
After an argument with Blackburn manager Dally Duncan, Vernon signed for Everton in 1960 for £27,000 plus winger Eddie Thomas. [2] He became a prolific goalscorer for the "Toffees" after scoring nine goals in his first 12 matches in 1959–60 he then scored 22 in 1960–61, a career best of 28 in 1961–62 and was the top scorer with 24 goals and captain when Everton won the First Division title in the 1962–63 season. [2] His striking partner who scored 22 goals in that title winning year was 'the golden vision' Alex Young.
Vernon was a lean player with an aquiline nose, a powerful left foot shot, great skill and a coolness when taking his chances. Brian Labone said of him: "Taffy Vernon was about 10 stone. Wet through he looked about as athletic as Pinocchio." Apart from his success in open play, Roy Vernon was probably the finest and most successful penalty-taker ever to play for Everton. [2] He made 200 appearances for Everton scoring 111 goals. [2]
After Everton manager Harry Catterick became 'fed up' with Vernon's off field antics he sold Vernon to Stoke City for £40,000. [2] He made a good start to his career under Tony Waddington scoring five goals in his first ten matches for the "Potters" at the end of the 1964–65 season. He scored 11 in 36 appearances in 1965–66 but a string of injuries reduced his effectiveness and after spending a short time out on loan at Halifax Town he moved to South Africa to play for Cape Town City and later Hellenic. [2]
Vernon was a heavy smoker, often smoking in the tunnel before the game and immediately after, and was reputed to bet on the horses and the greyhounds in his spare time. He died in 1993 from cancer. [2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Blackburn Rovers | 1955–56 | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
1956–57 | Second Division | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11 | ||
1957–58 | Second Division | 37 | 15 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 44 | 15 | ||
1958–59 | First Division | 36 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 17 | ||
1959–60 | First Division | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | ||
Total | 131 | 49 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 144 | 52 | |||
Everton | 1959–60 | First Division | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | |
1960–61 | First Division | 39 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 22 | |
1961–62 | First Division | 37 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 28 | |
1962–63 | First Division | 41 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 27 | |
1963–64 | First Division | 31 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 21 | |
1964–65 | First Division | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
Total | 176 | 101 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 111 | ||
Stoke City | 1964–65 | First Division | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
1965–66 | First Division | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | |
1966–67 | First Division | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
1967–68 | First Division | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
1968–69 | First Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 88 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 24 | ||
Cleveland Stokers (loan) | 1967 | United Soccer Association | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
Halifax Town (loan) | 1969–70 | Third Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Career total | 410 | 174 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 461 | 189 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Wales | 1957 | 7 | 1 |
1958 | 2 | 0 | |
1960 | 4 | 1 | |
1962 | 7 | 0 | |
1963 | 2 | 0 | |
1965 | 7 | 6 | |
1966 | 1 | 0 | |
1967 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 32 | 8 |
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