Don Carter (footballer)

Donald Frederick Carter (11 September 1921 – 2002) was an English professional footballer who scored 46 goals from 163 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside left or inside forward for Bury, Blackburn Rovers and New Brighton.

Don Carter
Personal information
Full name Donald Frederick Carter[1]
Date of birth (1921-09-11)11 September 1921[1]
Place of birth Midsomer Norton, England
Date of death 2002 (aged 80–81)[1]
Place of death Bath,[1] England
Position(s) Outside left, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Norton St John's
193?–1939 Stourbridge
1939–1948 Bury 56 (27)
1948 Blackburn Rovers 2 (0)
1948–1951 New Brighton 105 (19)
1951–195? Northwich Victoria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life and career

Carter was born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, in 1921.[1] He played non-league football for Norton St John's[2] before joining Birmingham League club Stourbridge early in the 1938–39 season. Playing at outside left, he soon attracted attention from bigger clubs, and in January 1939 signed for Bury of the Football League Second Division.[1][3]

He did not make his senior debut for the club until after the Second World War, and scored 27 goals from 56 matches over two seasons.[1] The goals included a hat-trick in a 6–3 win against Bradford Park Avenue in 1947.[4] Carter spent a few months with Blackburn Rovers, playing twice without scoring, and then joined New Brighton in November 1948.[1] He scored 19 goals from 105 league appearances,[1] and left for Northwich Victoria after New Brighton finished bottom of the Third Division North and were not re-elected.[5][6]

Carter died in Bath, Somerset, in 2002.[1]

References
  1. "Don Carter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. "Player search". The English National Football Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. "Stourbridge player for Bury". Birmingham Post. 28 January 1939. p. 8.
  4. "Bury 1885". Bury Mad. 2 November 2001. Archived from the original on 24 January 2005.
  5. "New Brighton". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. "Macclesf'd v. N'thwich". Liverpool Echo. 15 September 1951. p. 18. Northwich had Carter, of New Brighton, at outside left.


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