| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John William Watts | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | March 2006 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Brownhills, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1951 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1964 | Birmingham City | 206 | (3) |
| 1964–1968 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
| 1968–1969 | Bromsgrove Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half.[1]
Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham.[2] He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service.[2] In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times.[2] In 1964 he joined Nuneaton Borough of the Southern League where he was to spend four years.[3] He played briefly for West Midlands (Regional) League club Bromsgrove Rovers before retiring in 1969.[2]
Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006.[4]
Honours
Birmingham City
Nuneaton Borough
- Southern League runner-up: 1966–67[5]
References
- ↑ "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 1 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 176.
From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2 (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. p. 74. - ↑ Smith, Lisa (10 March 2006). "Tributes after Blues hero dies". Evening Mail. Birmingham. Retrieved 24 April 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.
- ↑ From Town to Town: Nuneaton Borough 1958–1970 – Part 2. p. 34.
After the game the Southern League Premier Division runners-up cup was presented to the Borough skipper, Johnny Watts, by the Mayor, Coun. S. Williams, and afterwards the Borough players did a lap of honour round the ground.