Wilf Nixon

Wilf Nixon
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Nixon[1]
Date of birth (1882-10-22)22 October 1882
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death April 1985 (1985-05) (aged 102)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hexham
Carlisle United
Wallsend Park Villa
Haltwhistle Black Diamond
Newburn
1912–1920 Fulham 27 (0)
1915 → Queens Park Rangers (guest)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Wilfred "Wilf" Nixon (22 October 1882 – April 1985) was an English professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Fulham.[1]

Personal life

Robson fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2] He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 218. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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