Eddie Blackburn

Eddie Blackburn
Personal information
Full name Edwin Huitson Blackburn[1]
Date of birth (1957-04-18) 18 April 1957[1]
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1973–1974 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Hull City 68 (0)
1980–1983 York City 76 (0)
1982–1983 → Hartlepool United (loan) 0 (0)
1983–1987 Hartlepool United 161 (0)
1987 → Halmstads BK (loan) 7 (0)
Total 312 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Edwin Huitson "Eddie" Blackburn (born 18 April 1957) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Football League for Hull City, York City and Hartlepool United, before he finished his career in the Swedish Allsvenskan with Halmstads BK.

Career

Born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, Blackburn started his career with Hull City as an apprentice in February 1973 before signing a professional contract in September 1974.[2] He made 75 appearances for Hull in all competitions before becoming Barry Lyons' first signing for York City for a fee of £5,750 in April 1980.[2][3] He finished his first season at the club being named Clubman of the Year as York finished bottom of the Fourth Division.[2] After York signed Roger Jones in the summer of 1982 he joined Hartlepool United on loan in December, before joining the club permanently in January 1983.[2] He finished his career in Sweden on loan to Halmstads BK after that club's first-choice goalkeeper injured his knee.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League[A] FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hull City 1974–75[5] 2000000020
1975–76[6] 0000000000
1976–77[7] 0000000000
1977–78[8] 190100000200
1978–79[9] 180200000200
1979–80[10] 290202000330
Total 680502000750
York City 1979–80[11] 0000000000
1980–81[12] 450204000510
1981–82[13] 310302000360
1982–83[14] 0000000000
Total 760506000870
Hartlepool United (loan) 1982–83[15] 0000000000
Hartlepool United 200000000200
1983–84[16] 410002010440
1984–85[17] 90000010100
1985–86[18] 460202010510
1986–87[19] 450102020500
Total 16103060501750
Halmstads BK (loan) 1987[20] 7000000070
Career totals 3120130140503440

Footnotes

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and Allsvenskan.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 63. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Citizen Publications. p. 12. ISBN 0-9531005-0-2.
  3. ↑ Peterson, Mike (1999). The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. Tony Brown. p. 109. ISBN 1-899468-13-7.
  4. ↑ "HBK i Allsvenskan: 1987" (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  5. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 78.
  6. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 79.
  7. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 80.
  8. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 81.
  9. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 82.
  10. ↑ Peterson. The Definitive Hull City A.F.C. : A statistical history to 1999. p. 83.
  11. ↑ Batters, Dave (2008). York City The Complete Record. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. pp. 352–353. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
  12. ↑ Batters. York City The Complete Record. pp. 354–355.
  13. ↑ Batters. York City The Complete Record. pp. 356–357.
  14. ↑ Batters. York City The Complete Record. pp. 358–359.
  15. ↑ "1982/83 Games Featuring Eddie Blackburn". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  16. ↑ "1983/84 Games Featuring Eddie Blackburn". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  17. ↑ "1984/85 Games Featuring Eddie Blackburn". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  18. ↑ "1985/86 Games Featuring Eddie Blackburn". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  19. ↑ "1986/87 Games Featuring Eddie Blackburn". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  20. ↑ "Allsvenska spelare genom tiderna" [All-time Allsvenskan players] (PDF) (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
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