fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals height position birth_date article_title name
john george dodsworth 1928 1928 -- 1930 1930 1930 -- 1931 march 1996 darlington , england darlington nelson shildon crook town darlington , england 1 2 ? ? 0 0 ? ? 5 9 half-back 6 march 1907 john dodsworth
 john dodsworth
john dodsworth

john george dodsworth -lrb- 6 march 1907 -- march 1996 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who played as a right-half .
born in darlington , county durham , he joined the darlington reserve team in march 1928 and played his only league game for the club on 5 may 1928 in the 1 -- 3 defeat away at rotherham united .
later that month , dodsworth signed for football league third division north side nelson , following in the footsteps of jack english , his former manager at darlington .
he was one of a number of darlington players suspended by the football association in relation to alleged irregular payments , and subsequently was unavailable for selection for his new club until january 1929 .
an injury to the nelson captain , former england international defender george wilson , meant that dodsworth was included in the team for the 3 -- 0 win over new brighton at seedhill on 2 february 1929 .
he also played in the following match , a 1 -- 3 loss to wrexham a week later .
that proved to be dodsworth 's last football league game , and in february 1930 he moved back to the north-east to sign for non-league outfit shildon .
he spent six months with the club before moving to crook town , where he played for one season before retiring from football in 1931 .
