Gordon Cumming (footballer)

Gordon Cumming
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Robert Riddell Cumming
Date of birth	23 January 1948
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Winger, Midfield
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1963–1969	Arsenal
1969–1977	Reading	331	(61)
National team
	Scotland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gordon Cumming was a Scottish footballer who played for Reading between 1969 and 1977. His primary position was as a winger. He scored 61 goals in 331 games.^[1] He took penalties^[2] until the arrival of Robin Friday and Alan Taylor in the side.^[3] He was Reading's player of the year in 1971–72.^[4] He played in the team that won Reading's first promotion for 50 years in 1976.^[5]

References

^ http://www.btinternet.com/~rfc1871/watn/c.htm
^ http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/seasons/1970.html
^ http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/seasons/1974.html
^ http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10306~70547,00.html
^ http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/seasons/1975.html

Reading F.C. Player of the Season

1963–64: Meldrum
1964–65: Meldrum
1965–66: Wheeler
1966–67: Harris
1967–68: Dixon
1968–69: Silvester
1969–70: Death
1970–71: Bell
1971–72: Cumming
1972–73: Death
1973–74: Death
1974–75: Friday
1975–76: Friday
1976–77: Death
1977–78: Bowman
1978–79: Bowman
1979–80: White
1980–81: Hetzke
1981–82: Williams
1982–83: Richardson
1983–84: Richardson
1984–85: Wood
1985–86: Wood
1986–87: Bremner
1987–88: Francis
1988–89: Senior
1989–90: Hicks
1990–91: McPherson
1991–92: Gooding
1992–93: Gooding
1993–94: Kerr
1994–95: Hislop
1995–96: Gooding
1996–97: Morley
1997–98: Parkinson
1998–99: Parkinson
1999–2000: Caskey
2000–01: Butler
2001–02: Murty
2002–03: Harper
2003–04: Murty
2004–05: Kitson
2005–06: Doyle
2006–07: Ingimarsson
2007–08: Hunt
2008–09: Armstrong
2009–10: Sigurðsson
2010–11: Long

Persondata
Name	Cumming, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	23 January 1948
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death