Dick Habbin

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Dick Habbin
Personal information
Full name Richard Leonard Habbin
Date of birth 6 January 1949 (1949-01-06) (age 59)
Place of birth    Cambridge, England
Playing position Striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
 ?–1969
1969–1975
1975–1977
1977–1979
1979–?
Cambridge United
Reading
Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers
Maltby Miners Welfare
00? 0(?)
219 (42)
084 (19)
060 (12)
00? 0(?)   
Teams managed
1979–? Maltby Miners Welfare

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Richard Leonard "Dick" Habbin (born 6 January 1949 in Cambridge, England) is an English former footballer and manager.

[edit] Career

Habbin joined Reading in March 1969 from non-league side Cambridge United.[1] He joined Rotherham United in January 1975 after making 219 appearances and scoring 24 goals in the Football League for Reading.[1] He made 84 appearances and scored 19 goals in the league for them before joining Doncaster Rovers in September 1977.[1] He made 60 appearances and scored 12 goals in the league for them before being released at the end of the 1978–79 season.[1][2]

He became player-manager of Maltby Miners Welfare in 1979.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press, p258. ISBN 1852916656. 
  2. ^ Dick Habbin. doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
  3. ^ DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.