Don Footitt

Donald Footitt (24 May 1929 – 10 June 1995) was an English footballer who made 25 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City and Crewe Alexandra as a goalkeeper.[3][4]

Don Footitt
Personal information
Full name Donald Footitt[1]
Date of birth (1929-05-24)24 May 1929[1]
Place of birth Grantham,[1] Lincolnshire, England
Date of death 10 June 1995(1995-06-10) (aged 66)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– St John's
1946–1947 Lincoln City 24 (0)
1949–1950 Crewe Alexandra 1 (0)
– Ransome & Marles
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Footitt made his Lincoln debut at the age of 17 years 7 months, in December 1946, as Lincoln beat Wrexham in an FA Cup replay; the Daily Mirror described him as the hero of the tie.[5] An amateur who worked in an office in Grantham,[6] Footitt missed only one senior match between then and the end of the season.[1] He played only once more in senior competition, for Crewe Alexandra in the 1949–50 Football League season.[3]

References
  1. "Don Footitt". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2013. Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.
  2. "Don Footitt". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. "Lincoln City: 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2011/12". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  4. "Crewe Alexandra: 1946/47–2011/12". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  5. "17, was Cup hero in first game". Daily Mirror. 24 December 1946. p. 11. A seventeen-year-old goalkeeper, playing his first game with the team, was the hero of Lincoln City's 2–1 Cup win over Wrexham at Maine Road, Manchester. For long spells, both in the first and second halves, Wrexham were well on top, but only once could they beat Footitt.
  6. "2,000 in search of Cup tickets". Daily Express. 10 January 1947. p. 6.


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