Micky Block

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Micky Block
Personal information
Full name Michael John Block[1]
Date of birth (1940-01-28)28 January 1940
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Date of death 12 December 2019(2019-12-12) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death Brent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position Right winger
Youth career
1955–1957 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1962 Chelsea 37 (6)
1962–1966 Brentford 146 (30)
1966–1967 Watford 13 (2)
1967–1969 Chelmsford City
Total 196 (38)
International career
England Youth
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period.[1]

Career

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Born in Ipswich, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final.[1][4][5] Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.[3]

Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.[6] While with Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of Johnny Brooks, Billy McAdams and John Dick.[7] He later played for Watford,[8] before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.[8]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1957–58[3] First Division 20 4 0 0 — — 20 4
1958–59[3] First Division 13 1 2 0 — 1[a] 0 16 1
1959–60[3] First Division 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
1960–61[3] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
1961–62[3] First Division 1 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 1
Total 37 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 40 6
Brentford 1961–62[9] Third Division 20 2 — — — 20 2
1962–63[9] Fourth Division 42 8 1 0 2 0 — 45 8
1963–64[9] Third Division 35 11 6 3 4 1 — 45 15
1964–65[9] Third Division 20 3 0 0 1 0 — 21 3
1965–66[9] Third Division 29 7 2 0 2 0 — 33 7
Total 146 30 9 0 9 0 — 164 30
Watford 1966–67[8] Third Division 13 2 0 0 0 0 — 13 2
Career total 196 38 11 0 9 0 1 0 217 38
  1. ^ Appearance in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Honours

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Brentford

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ a b c d e Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).


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