Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Matthew Mower [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 1 December 1960||
Place of birth | Bloxwich, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
Streetly Youth Club | |||
Walsall | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1991 | Walsall | 415 | (8) |
Nuneaton Borough | |||
Stafford Rangers | |||
Bilston Town | |||
Blakenall | |||
Total | 415 | (8) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kenneth Matthew Mower is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back, making over 400 career appearances.
Born in Bloxwich, [1] Mower began his career with Streetly Youth Club. [3] He joined Walsall in June 1976, turned professional in November 1978, and made his debut in the Football League in May 1979. [4] He made a total of 415 appearances in the League for Walsall, [5] before playing non-League football with Nuneaton Borough, Stafford Rangers, Bilston Town and Blakenall. [3] [4]
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