Joe Duckworth (footballer)

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Joe Duckworth (born April 29, 1898 in Blackburn) was an English professional football goalkeeper.

Duckworth began his career with Accrington Stanley, but made his league debut in the first season after the first world war for Blackburn Rovers. He played 5 times in the league for Rovers before joining Aberdare Athletic.

He was part of the Aberdare side in their first season in the Football League, playing 84 league games over the next 3 years. In 1924 he moved to Reading where he the regular goalkeeper for six seasons. he left Reading in 1930, having made over 200 league appearances, joining Brighton & Hove Albion. In 1932, after 37 league games for Brighton, he joined York City, playing a further seven league games before ending his league career.

His Division Three (South) championship medal, won with Reading in the 1925-26 season, was found in a car boot sale in Manchester in 1991.^{[citation needed]}