Ken Williamson

Kenneth Williamson (7 August 1928 – 9 May 2000) was an English amateur footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for Bishop Auckland and Crook Town.[1][3]

Ken Williamson
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Williamson[1]
Date of birth (1928-08-07)7 August 1928[1]
Place of birth Norton-on-Tees,[2] England
Date of death 9 May 2000(2000-05-09) (aged 71)[2]
Place of death Stockton-on-Tees,[2] England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1952 Bishop Auckland
1952–1953 Darlington 13 (3)
1953–19?? Crook Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was on the losing side for Bishop Auckland in the 1951 FA Amateur Cup Final,[4] and on the winning side for Crook Town in 1954, albeit playing only in the drawn match at Wembley Stadium, during which he sustained an ankle injury that kept him out of the two replays.[5]

Williamson was an all-round sportsman. As a cricketer, he played as a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler in the Minor Counties Championship for Durham between 1951 and 1960,[2] and also represented the county at rugby and squash, a sport he went on to coach at Teesside Polytechnic.[6]

References
  1. "Ken Williamson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. "Ken Williamson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. "F.A. Amateur Cup Final". The Times. London. 23 April 1951. p. 7.
  5. "Amateurs draw at Wembley". The Times. London. 12 April 1954. p. 5. His injured ankle that was suspect and tested in the morning failed to withstand the rigors of the battle, though he often proved of nuisance value on the left wing between periods of limping to the touchline for attention.
    "Crook lose two goal lead". The Times. London. 20 April 1954. p. 2. Crook Town had Coxon, normally a full-back, at inside-left for Williamson.
    "Amateur Cup for Crook Town". The Times. London. 23 April 1954. p. 9.
  6. Amos, Mike (6 December 2012). "Group of cricketers has happily been celebrating 50 years in the Doghouse". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 10 July 2015.


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