Don Dykes

For the American football player, see Donald Dykes.
Don Dykes
Personal information
Full name Donald William Dykes[1]
Date of birth (1930-06-08) 8 June 1930[1]
Place of birth Ashby by Partney, England
Playing position Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19xx–1949 Metheringham
1949–1959 Lincoln City 95 (4)
1959–1961 Boston United

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Donald William "Don" Dykes (born 8 June 1930) is an English former professional footballer who made 95 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City.[2] He played as a wing half.

Life and career

Dykes was born in Ashby by Partney, Lincolnshire,[1] and began his football career with village club Metheringham.[3] He signed for Lincoln City of the Third Division North, having been spotted when he played in a charity match against them during the 1948–49 season;[4] he also attracted an offer from Second Division Leicester City.[3] He made his senior debut in August 1949, and went on to play 101 matches, scoring four times, in all competitions.[1] Dykes moved into non-league football with Boston United in 1959. In the first of his two seasons with the club, he played 53 matches in all competitions.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Don Dykes". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Lincoln City: 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2010/11". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Club history 1948–1960". Metheringham F.C. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Loftus, Gerry (5 August 1949). "This problem is a laugh for him!". Daily Mirror. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Boston United Roll Call". and "Season 1959/60 – Statistics". BUFC. Ken Fox. Retrieved 18 January 2013.


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