Phil Joslin

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Phil Joslin
Personal information
Full name	Philip James Joslin
Date of birth	September 1, 1916(1916-09-01)
Place of birth	Kingsteignton, England
Date of death	1981
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1935-1948 1948-1951	Torquay United Cardiff City	135 (0) 108 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Philip James "Phil" Joslin (born 1 September 1916 in Kingsteignton, died 1981) is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Career

As a youngster Joslin was rejected by Plymouth Argyle after a trial and instead joined Torquay United in 1936 and was the first choice goalkeeper at the club up until the outbreak of World War II. During the war he served with the Royal Army Service Corps and often played for his division as a centre forward. During the war he also guested for London sides Arsenal, Fulham and Tottenham Hotpsur.

He returned to Torquay following the end of the war before signing for Cardiff City, who had first refusal on Torquay players at the time, in 1948 and kept fifteen clean sheets in thirty eight league appearances in his first season. He remained the clubs first choice for a further two seasons before his career was ended by injury. He was playing in a public trial match for the club when he collided with forward Wilf Grant and suffered a broken leg which he never fully recovered from and he did not play professional football again.