Joe Roddom

Joseph Norman Roddom (16 May 1924 – 1988) is an English former footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington.[1][4]

Joe Roddom
Personal information
Full name Joseph Norman Roddom[1]
Date of birth (1924-05-16)16 May 1924[1]
Place of birth Spennymoor,[1] England
Date of death 1988[lower-alpha 1] (aged 64)
Place of death Chester East,[lower-alpha 1] England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Blyth Spartans
1948–1950 Chesterfield 0 (0)
1950–1951 Darlington 6 (0)
– South Shields
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Roddom played professionally for North Eastern League club Blyth Spartans in the early part of the 1947–48 season, while serving in the Royal Air Force. He joined Second Division club Chesterfield in January 1948 in exchange for £500 and the forward John Allison.[3][5] He played for Chesterfield's reserves in the Central League,[6] but never for the first team.[1] Despite being placed on their retained list in 1950,[7] he was transferred to Darlington in June 1950.[8] He made six Third Division North appearances for Darlington, then moved on to South Shields,[4] where he played until at least the 1954–55 season.[9][10]

Notes
  1. Roddom's death was registered in August 1988 in the Chester East registration district in Cheshire.[2]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Joseph Norman Roddom. District: Chester East. County: Cheshire. District number: 3441B. Register number: B59B. Entry number: 238. Retrieved 9 October 2014 – via Findmypast.
  3. "Players with no competitive, first-team pedigree: R". CFCHistory.com. Stuart Basson. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. "Local transfers". Morpeth Herald. 16 January 1948. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Football. Central League". Derbyshire Times. 10 June 1950. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive. The whole-hearted play of wing halves Urquhart and Roddam made them outstanding in an otherwise weak Chesterfield team
  7. "Chesterfield F.C. retained list". Derbyshire Times. 5 May 1950. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Soccer transfers". Yorkshire Post. 10 June 1950. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Convincing home win by reserves". Morpeth Herald. 19 December 1952. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Colliers save point in colourless game". Morpeth Herald. 26 November 1954. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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