Don Heath

Don Heath

Personal information
Date of birth	26 december 1944
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Playing position	Outside Right
Youth career
1962-??	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
??-1967	Norwich City	105	(13)
1967-1970	Swindon Town	117	(2)
1970-1971	Oldham Athletic	60	(3)
1971-??	Peterborough United	44	(4)
??	Hartlepool United	37	(2)
??	Crook Town	??
??	Gateshead United	??
??	South Bank	??
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Don Heath (Born 26 December 1944 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is a former football Outside Right.

Beginning his football career as an apprentice at local club Middlesbrough in 1962, Heath did not play first team football until he signed a professional contract with Norwich City. Making a total of 105 league appearances for the club, including helping them reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, he was sold to Swindon Town in 1967 for ₤17,000.^[1]

Heath made his début for Swindon on 16 September 1967 in a game versus Northampton Town that his new club won 4-0.^[1] He was a member of the squad that won the 1969 League Cup and also the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup before injury forced him out of the first team. With the arrival of Arthur Horsfield at the club, he was side-lined for much of the 1970 season before playing his last game for Swindon on 14 March 1970.^[1]

He moved to Oldham Athletic in July 1970 and was a central figure in their successful promotion season of 1970-71.^[1] Peterborough United obtained his services on a free transfer the following season before he moved once more, this time to Hartlepool United where his league playing career finished.

Heath went on to play for non-league clubs Gateshead United, Crook Town and South Bank before retiring and taking a job working for ICI in the North of England.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Mattick, Dick (2002). Swindon Town Football Club 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. pp. 46. ISBN 0752427148. 

External links

• Don Heath career stats at Soccerbase
• Player Profile - Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk

Persondata
Name	Heath, Don
Alternative names
Short description	Football (soccer) outside right
Date of birth	1944-09-28
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees
Date of death
Place of death