Joe Pointon

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joe Pointon

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Joseph Pointon

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leek, Staffordshire, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1939|1905}}

| death_place = Leek, Staffordshire, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Port Vale |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Leek Wesleyans

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Leek National

| years1 = | clubs1 = Congleton Town| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1922–1923| clubs2 = Stoke| caps2 = 0| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1923–1926| clubs3 = Port Vale| caps3 = 10| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1926–1928| clubs4 = Luton Town| caps4 = 65| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 1928–1929| clubs5 = Brighton & Hove Albion| caps5 = 16| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1929–1930| clubs6 = Torquay United| caps6 = 27| goals6 = 18

| years7 = 1930–1931| clubs7 = Bristol Rovers| caps7 = 9| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1931–1932| clubs8 = Walsall| caps8 = 17| goals8 = 4

| totalcaps = 144+| totalgoals = 40+

}}

Joseph Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Pointon played for non-League football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town before signing with Stoke.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=233|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}} He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923. He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe. He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion. He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall. He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.{{cite book|title=The definitive Torquay United F.C.|author=Leigh Edwards|date=March 1997 |publisher=The Association of Football Statisticians|isbn=1-899468-09-9}} He died in 1939, aged 33 or 34, in his native Leek.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Port Vale

|1923–24

|Second Division

|6

0000060
1924–25

|Second Division

|0

0000000
1925–26

|Second Division

|4

0000040
colspan="2"|Total

!10

00000100
rowspan="3"|Luton Town

|1926–27

|Third Division South

|33

43100365
1927–28

|Third Division South

|32

83000358
colspan="2"|Total

!65

1261007113
Brighton & Hove Albion

|1928–29

|Third Division South

|16

50000165
Torquay United

|1929–30

|Third Division South

|27

1810002818
Bristol Rovers

|1930–31

|Third Division South

|9

12000111
Walsall

|1931–32

|Third Division South

|17

40011185
colspan="3"|Career total

!144

40911115442

References