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Alan Skirton
English footballer (1939-2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Frederick Graham Skirton (23 January 1939 – 12 May 2019) was an English professional footballer, who played as a winger, spending the majority of his career at Arsenal. A "prolific winger", Skirton was known as the 'Highbury Express' during his seven-year tenure at the North London club.[1]
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![]() Skirton for Bath City in 1957 | |||
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Full name | Alan Frederick Graham Skirton | ||
Date of birth | (1939-01-23)23 January 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Bath, England | ||
Date of death | 12 May 2019 (aged 80) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
West Twerton Youth Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1959 | Bath City | 144 | (44) |
1959–1966 | Arsenal | 145 | (53) |
1966–1968 | Blackpool | 77 | (25) |
1968–1971 | Bristol City | 78 | (14) |
1971–1972 | Torquay United | 38 | (7) |
1972 | Durban City | ||
1972–1974 | Weymouth | ||
Total | 338 | (99) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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