Johnny Watts
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John William Watts | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | March 2006 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Brownhills, England | ||
| Playing position | Right half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1951 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1951–1963 | Birmingham City | 206 | (3) |
| 1963–1964 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
| 1964–1969 | Bromsgrove Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
John William "Johnny" Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half.[1]
Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham. He joined Birmingham City as a junior in 1948 and turned professional in 1951 after completing his National Service. In a twelve-year professional career with the club he played 248 games in all competitions, scoring three times. In 1963 he joined Nuneaton Borough in the Southern Football League before joining Bromsgrove Rovers in the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1964 and retiring in 1969.[2]
Watts died in a retirement home in Brownhills, West Midlands, in March 2006.[3]
References
- ↑ "Birmingham City : 1946/47 – 2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ↑ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ Smith, Lisa (10 March 2006). "Tributes after Blues hero dies" (REPRINT). Evening Mail (Birmingham). Retrieved 2 August 2009.