Don Townsend
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 September 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Swindon, England | ||
Date of death | 29 July 2020 | (aged 89)||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1954 | Trowbridge Town | ||
1954–1962 | Charlton Athletic | 249 | (1) |
1962–1965 | Crystal Palace | 77 | (0) |
Total | 326 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Donald Edward Townsend (17 September 1930 – 29 July 2020)[1] was an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League. He was the father of former Ireland international Andy Townsend.[2]
Townsend died on 29 July 2020, at the age of 89.[3]
References
- ^ "Don Townsend". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ "Townsend brings Irish career to a well-timed close". Independent. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Don Townsend: 1930–2020". Crystal Palace F.C. 29 July 2020.
External links
- Don Townsend at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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- Articles with short description
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- 1930 births
- 2020 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Swindon
- Men's association football defenders
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Trowbridge Town F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- English Football League players
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