Alan Dugdale

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alan Dugdale

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|9|11}}

| birth_place = Kirkby, Liverpool, England

| height =

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1969–1977

| years2 = 1977–1979

| years3 = 1979

| years4 = 1979–1980

| years5 = 1980–1981

| clubs1 = Coventry City

| clubs2 = Charlton Athletic

| clubs3 = → Barnsley (loan)

| clubs4 = Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)

| clubs5 = Tulsa Roughnecks

| caps1 = 142

| caps2 = 34

| caps3 = 7

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 33

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1971

| nationalteam1 = England Youth

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Alan Dugdale (born 11 September 1952 in Liverpool) is an English retired professional football central defender. He spent most of his career in England with one season in the North American Soccer League.

In 1969, Dugdale began his career with Coventry City. In 1970, he was part of the Coventry City youth team which lost the championship to Tottenham Hotspur. Dugdale did not break into the first team until 1974 and transferred to Charlton Athletic in October 1977 for £50,000.[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=17419 Coventry City: Alan Dugdale] In the fall of 1979, he signed with the Tulsa Roughnecks as it prepared for the 1979–1980 North American Soccer League indoor season. He then played the entire 1980 and six games of the 1981 outdoor seasons. His uncle Jimmy Dugdale had an extensive career in the Football League.,[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WHERE+ARE+THEY+NOW%3F%3B+ALAN+DUGDALE%3B+GAME+ON%3A+FOOTBALL.-a0135329385 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?; ALAN DUGDALE; GAME ON: FOOTBALL.] while his brother Ken Dugdale was manager of the New Zealand national team.{{cite web|url=http://thisnorthernsoul.co.uk/2011/09/06/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-ken-dugdale/|title=A trip down Memory Lane with Ken Dugdale|date=6 September 2011|publisher=This Northern Soul|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006120347/http://thisnorthernsoul.co.uk/2011/09/06/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-ken-dugdale/|archive-date=6 October 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}