Tony Read

Tony Read
Personal information
Full name	John Anthony Read
Date of birth	5 July 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth	Haydock, England
Height	6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper / Forward
Youth career
	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1965	Peterborough United
1965–1972	Luton Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated March 25, 2024

John Anthony "Tony" Read (born 5 July 1942) is an English former footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town.

Playing career

After failing to make the grade at Sheffield Wednesday, goalkeeper Read signed for Peterborough United. After only two appearances, he was on the move again, as he signed for Luton Town in March 1965.^[2]

Read arrived at Luton with a broken foot, and after a spree of goalscoring in the reserves, Read finally arrived in the Luton first team during the 1965–66 season—as a forward. Read scored 12 goals in 20 starts, even including a hat-trick against Notts County, but his rich vein of form soon dried up and he returned to his position between the posts.^[2]

Reid was a regular for the next six years and a firm fans' favourite at Kenilworth Road, but in 1972 he decided to hang up his gloves.

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References

↑ Williams, Tony; Peskett, Roy, eds. (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72 (2nd ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0362000948.
1 2 Wash, Roger (2008). Hatters Heroes. Roger Wash. ISBN 978-0-9560832-0-3.

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[1] Williams, Tony; Peskett, Roy, eds. (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72 (2nd ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0362000948.

[hattersheroes-2] 1 2 Wash, Roger (2008). Hatters Heroes. Roger Wash. ISBN 978-0-9560832-0-3.

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