Tony Weldon

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Tony Weldon
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Personal information
Date of birth(1900-11-12)12 November 1900
Place of birth Motherwell, Scotland [1]
Date of death 1953 (aged 52–53)
Place of death Cumbernauld, Scotland
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1924 Kilsyth Rangers
1924–1927 Airdrieonians 49 (30)
1927–1929 Everton 70 (13)
1929–1931 Hull City 31 (6)
1931–1932 West Ham United 20 (3)
1932–1933 Lovells Athletic
1933–34 Rochdale 27 (7)
1934 Dundalk
1934–? Bangor
Managerial career
1934–? Bangor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Weldon (12 November 1900 – 1953) [2] [3] was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left for Kilsyth Rangers, Airdrieonians, Everton, Hull City, West Ham United, Lovells Athletic, Rochdale, Dundalk and Bangor.

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Footballing career

Weldon played football in Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland, often spending only one season with a club. Raised in Croy, a village north of Glasgow, Weldon started his footballing career with local side Kilsyth Rangers before signing for Airdrieonians on 27 May 1924 for a transfer fee of £5. [4] With Airdrieonians, such were his performances that he found himself picked for the first team ahead of Scottish international players, Willie Russell and Hughie Gallacher. He was part of the side that finished second in Division One two years running, in 1924–25 (four appearances) and 1925–26 (19 appearances and four goals), and scored 26 goals in 26 appearances as the club finished fourth in 1926–27. [5]

On 10 March 1927, [5] he moved to England and Everton for a transfer fee of £2,000 [6] where he remained until the end of 1929. Weldon's debut match for Everton, on 12 March 1927, saw his side win 2–1 against Leeds United. Weldon scored one of the goals, the other coming from Everton legend, Dixie Dean. [7] His time at Everton saw him play 74 games and score 13 goals and be part of the team which won the 1927–28 First Division. [8] [9]

Signing for Hull City for £1,000 [10] in December 1929 he remained there until 1931 when he moved south to play for West Ham United. He made his debut on 29 August 1931 in a 1–0 away win against Bolton Wanderers; his debut goal coming in his next game, a 3–1 home win against Chelsea. He lasted a single season playing 22 games in all competitions scoring four goals in a season which saw West Ham relegated to the Second Division having finished in 22nd and bottom place in the First Division.

In 1932, Weldon signed for Welsh side, Lovell's Athletic, then playing in the Western League. After a season he moved to Rochdale in the Third Division North, again only for one season. He next signed for Dundalk where he became player-coach but this lasted only a few months before he became player-manager of Bangor. [8] [3] [2] [11]

Personal life

Weldon died in 1953. [3] He was the father-in-law of footballer Jim Storrie, who also played for Airdrieonians but was possibly best known as a Leeds United player of the 1960s. [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2 July 2021
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics – Tony Weldon". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tony Weldon". www.doingthe92.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Equivalent to £360 in today's pounds.
  5. 1 2 Litster, John (November 2012). "W". A Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players (2 ed.). Norwich: PM Publications.
  6. ↑ Equivalent to £150,791 in today's pounds.
  7. ↑ "Everton v Leeds United, 12 March 1927". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Everton player stats – Anthony Weldon". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Weldon". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Equivalent to £76,790 in today's pounds.
  11. 1 2 Hogg, Tony (1995). Who's Who of West Ham United. London: Independent UK Sports Publications. p. 213. ISBN   1-899429-01-8.
  12. ↑ Jim Storrie - The laughing cavalier, The Mighty Mighty Whites. Retrieved 2 July 2021
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