Will Dixon
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Edward Dixon[1]
Date of birth (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950[2]
Place of birth Wood Green, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 Arsenal 0 (0)
1969–1973 Reading 153 (0)
1973 Colchester United 0 (0)
1973–1977 Swindon Town 140 (10)
1977–1980 Aldershot 120 (6)
Woking
Total 413 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Edward Dixon (born 20 February 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Reading, Swindon Town and Aldershot.

Career

Born in Wood Green,[2] Dixon was a product of the Arsenal youth system. Never appearing for the Gunners, he signed initially on a two-month loan with Reading before signing on a permanent basis in July 1969. Here, he was a regular first-team member and recorded one goal in 171 appearances in all competitions before falling out of favour in 1973.[4]

Dixon briefly moved to Colchester United in 1973, but failed to make an appearance for the Essex club.[2] He signed for Swindon Town in September 1973 but didn't make his debut for the club until 1 January 1974 in a 3–1 win over Preston North End. He went on to make 162 appearances in all competitions and scored 13 goals prior to his release at the end of the 1976–77 season.[1]

After Swindon, Dixon moved to Aldershot where he made 120 league appearances and scored six goals, before moving into non-League football with Woking in 1980.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Will DIXON". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Will Dixon". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Macdonald Futura Publishers. 1980. p. 46. ISBN 0362020175.
  4. ↑ "Will Dixon". Reading FC Former Players' Association. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  • Will Dixon at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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