| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfred Nixon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Workington, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | April 1985 (aged 102)[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1902–1903 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| Hexham | |||
| Carlisle United | |||
| Wallsend Park Villa | |||
| Haltwhistle Black Diamond | |||
| Newburn | |||
| 1912–1920 | Fulham | 27 | (0) |
| 1915–1916 | → Queens Park Rangers (guest) | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilfred Nixon (22 October 1882 – April 1985) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham as a goalkeeper.[1][4][5]
Personal life
Robson served with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[6] He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917.[7] He was the interned as a prisoner of war.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 1914–15[8] | Second Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Career total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 218. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- 1 2 Wilf Nixon on Lives of the First World War
- ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1915–16". QPRnet. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ↑ "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ↑ "Wilfred Nixon | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ↑ "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Fulham Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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