Norman Lockhart (footballer)

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Norman Lockhart
Personal information
Full name Norman Lockhart
Date of birth (1924-03-04)4 March 1924
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death 19 August 1993(1993-08-19) (aged 69)
Place of death Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
–1940 Windsor Star
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1944 Distillery
1944–1946 Linfield
1946–1947 Swansea Town 47 (13)
1947–1952 Coventry City 181 (41)
1952–1956 Aston Villa 74 (10)
1956–1958 Bury 42 (6)
1958–1959 Ards
Total 344+ (70+)
International career
1946–1950 Ireland (IFA) 2 (2)
1951–1956 Northern Ireland 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Lockhart (4 March 1924 – 19 August 1993) was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland.[1] Despite being naturally right footed Lockhart played as an outside left for Distillery, Linfield, Swansea Town, Coventry City, Aston Villa, Bury and Ards.[2] He represented the Northern Ireland national football team eight times between 1946 and 1956. He scored two goals in his international debut against England at Windsor Park, Belfast in 1946. [3]

Career statistics

Club

[1][4][2][3]

Club Division Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Linfield – 1944–45[nb 1] - - - -
– 1945–46[nb 2] - - - -
- Total - - - -
Swansea Town 2 1946–47 34 11 - - 34 11
3 1947–48 13 2 - - 13 2
- Total 47 13 - - 47 13
Coventry City 2 1947–48 31 6 2 1 - 33 7
2 1948–49 30 5 1 0 - 31 5
2 1949–50 32 7 - - 32 7
2 1950–51 38 7 1 0 - 39 7
2 1951–52 42 15 3 2 - 45 17
3 1952–53 8 1 - - 8 1
- Total 181 41 7 3 - 188 44
Aston Villa 1 1952–53 14 1 2 0 - 16 1
1 1953–54 18 2 - - 18 2
1 1954–55 25 3 7 2 - 32 5
1 1955–56 17 4 2 0 - 19 4
- Total[5] 74 10 11 2 - 85 12
Bury 2 1956–57 22 1 1 0 - 22 1
3 1957–58 20 5 1 0 - 20 5
- Total 42 6 2 0 - 44 6
Ards – 1958–59 - - 1 0 1 0
- Total - - 1 0 1 0
Career total 344 70 20 5 1 0 365 75

International

[6]

IFA XI/Northern Ireland
Year Apps Goals
1946 1 2
1950 1 0
1951 1 0
1952 1 0
1953 2 1
1955 1 0
1956 1 0
Total 8 3

Honours

Club

Linfield

[1]

  • Irish Cup Runner-up (1): 1943–44.
  • Irish Cup Winner (2): 1944–45, 1945–56.
  • Northern Regional League Champion (2): 1944–45, 1945–46.

Notes

  1. ^ Northern Regional League – An unofficial league which ran for seven seasons between 1940 and 1947, set up while the Irish league was suspended as a result of World War II.
  2. ^ See Note 1.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "NIFG: Norman Lockhart". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Norman Lockhart at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b Norman Lockhart at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Norman Lockhart". 11v11.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Norman Lockhart – national football team player". Norman Lockhart – national football team player. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  • British Pathe – Ireland vs. Scotland, Windsor Park, Belfast, 1953.
  • British Pathe – England vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool, 1953.
  • British Pathe – Wales vs. Ireland, Ninian Park, Cardiff, 1956.
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