Eric Day

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

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

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| name = Eric Day

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| fullname = Eric Charles Day

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dartford, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|10|1921|11|6|df=y}}

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| position = Winger

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| years1 = 1945–1957 | clubs1 = Southampton | caps1 = 398 | goals1 = 147

| years2 = – | clubs2 = Gravesend & Northfleet | caps2 = | goals2 =

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Eric Charles Day (6 November 1921 – 10 November 2012) {{cite web|last=Bull|first=David|title=Eric Day: An Appreciation|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/eric-day-an-appreciation-485587.aspx|publisher=Southampton FC|accessdate=14 November 2012|date=14 November 2012|archive-date=17 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117184718/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/eric-day-an-appreciation-485587.aspx|url-status=dead}} was an English footballer who played his entire career of nearly 400 Football League games for Southampton.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/ericday.html |title=Eric Day |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=18 November 2009}} He was born in Dartford, Kent. During his career with the club, which lasted 11 years from 1945 to 1957, he scored 145 league goals, which placed him seventh on the club's list of all-time goalscorers. He was selected to play for the Third Division South representative side in 1954–55.