Don Emery

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Don Emery

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Donald Kenneth James Emery{{Hugman|5946|accessdate=20 February 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|6|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|11|19|1920|6|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Aberdeen, Scotland

| height =

| position = Left-back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1937–1948

| clubs1 = Swindon Town

| caps1 = 69

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1948–1952

| clubs2 = Aberdeen

| caps2 = 89

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1952–1956

| clubs3 = East Fife

| caps3 = 92

| goals3 = 5

| totalcaps = 250

| totalgoals = 25

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Fraserburgh

}}

Don Emery (11 June 1920 – 19 November 1993) was a Welsh footballer. He played for Swindon Town, Aberdeen and East Fife, and in the late 1950s managed Scottish Highland Football League Club, Fraserburgh FC. In 1969 he was part of a consortium that failed in an attempt to unseat and replace the board of Aberdeen FC.

Career statistics

= Club =

= Appearances and goals by club, season and competition =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Club{{Cite web |title=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Don EMERY – Player Profile |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=EMERYDON |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=swindon-town-fc.co.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile |url=https://afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=203 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=afcheritage.org}}

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Europe

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="12" |Swindon Town

|1937–38

| rowspan="2" |Third Division South

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|1

|0

1938–39

|8

|1

|1

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|9

|1

1939–40

| colspan="11" rowspan="7" |Competitive Football

Cancelled Due to WW2

1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47

| rowspan="2" |Third Division South

|23

|2

|2

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|25

|2

1947–48

|37

|0

|5

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|42

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!69

!3

!8

!0

!0

!0

!-

!-

!77

!3

rowspan="5" |Aberdeen

|1948–49

| rowspan="4" |Scottish Division One

|15

|5

|0

|0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|18

|5

1949–50

|29

|5

|5

|1

|6

|3

|0

|0

|40

|9

1950–51

|25

|4

|2

|1

|10

|2

|0

|0

|37

|7

1951–52

|20

|3

|4

|0

|6

|1

|0

|0

|30

|4

colspan="2" |Total

!89

!17

!11

!2

!25

!6

!0

!0

!125

!25

rowspan="5" |East Fife

|1952–53

| rowspan="4" | -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

1953–54

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

1954–55

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

1955–56

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

colspan="2" |Total

!92

!5

!-

!-

!-

!-

!-

!-

!92+

!5+

colspan="3" |Career total

!250

!25

!19+

!2+

!25+

!6+

!0

!0

!294+

!27+

References

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