Jimmy Singer
Personal information
Full name Dennis James Singer
Date of birth (1937-08-30)30 August 1937
Place of birth Cefn Hengoed, Wales
Date of death 21 July 2010 (aged 72)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Wesley Rovers B.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Fleur-de-Lys Welfare
1954–1960 Newport County 52 (27)
1960–1962 Birmingham City 20 (8)
1962–1964 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 59 (22)
1964–1965 Newport County 8 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis James Singer (30 August 1937 – 21 July 2010) was a Welsh professional footballer who scored 62 goals in 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Newport County, Birmingham City and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He played as an inside forward.[1]

Singer was born in Cefn Hengoed, Glamorgan.[2] As a boy he played for Wesley Rovers Boys' Club, which fed Fleur-de-Lys Welfare,[3] and from there he joined Newport County as an amateur in 1954. He turned professional in 1956,[2] and went on to score 27 goals for the club at a rate better than a goal every two games,[1] goal-poaching which earned him a move to First Division club Birmingham City. Singer spent two seasons with Birmingham, but played only 31 games in all competitions despite scoring as freely as at Newport.[2] He played on the losing side in the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final against Roma.[4] In September 1962, Singer signed for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic for a fee of £7,000; he scored 22 goals in 59 league games before returning to Newport County in the 1964 close season.[1][2]

After his retirement from football, Singer kept a restaurant in Caerleon.[2] He died in July 2010.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Singer". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ↑ "History". Fleur-de-Lys Welfare A.F.C. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Zea, Antonio; Haisma, Marcel (2 October 2009). "Fairs' Cup 1960–61". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Match Programme. Birmingham City F.C. 22 August 2010. p. 53.
  6. ↑ Giffard, Mark (30 July 2010). "Jimmy Singer". Fleur-de-Lys Welfare A.F.C. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.


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