Personal information | |||
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Full name | Donald Footitt[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 May 1929||
Place of birth | Grantham,[1] Lincolnshire, England | ||
Date of death | 10 June 1995[2] | (aged 66)||
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 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
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]