Micky Block
{{Short description|English footballer (1940–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Micky Block
| image =
| caption = Block while with Brentford in 1963.
| fullname = Michael John Block
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ipswich, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|12|1940|1|28|df=y}}Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
| death_place = Brent, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position = Right winger
| youthyears1 = 1955–1957
| youthclubs1 = Chelsea
| years1 = 1957–1962
| clubs1 = Chelsea
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1962–1966
| clubs2 = Brentford
| caps2 = 146
| goals2 = 30
| years3 = 1966–1967
| clubs3 = Watford
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1967–1969
| clubs4 = Chelmsford City
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| totalcaps = 196
| totalgoals = 38
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = England Youth
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
}}
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.{{Hugman|1744|accessdate=16 December 2016}}
Career
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.{{Cite web |title=Chelsea 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final) |url=http://thechels.info/wiki/Chelsea_5-1_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_(1957-58_FA_Youth_Cup_Final) |access-date=28 February 2019 |website=TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki}}{{Cite web |title=Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Chelsea (1957–58 FA Youth Cup Final) |url=http://thechels.info/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_6-1_Chelsea_(1957-58_FA_Youth_Cup_Final) |access-date=28 February 2019 |website=TheChels.info – The Chelsea Football Club Wiki}} Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962.{{Cite web |title=Micky Block – Chelsea Player Profile |url=http://www.stamford-bridge.com/player.php?id=46&surname=Block&firstname=Micky |access-date=19 October 2015 |website=Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC}}
Block left Chelsea for Brentford for £5,000 in January 1962.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=22}} 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.{{Cite book |title=Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Barnsley |date=11 March 2006 |page=54}} He later played for Watford, before dropping into non-League football with Chelmsford City in 1967.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6" |Chelsea
|20 |4 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |20 |4 | ||||||
| 1958–59
|First Division |13 |1 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1Appearance in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |0 |16 |1 | ||||||
| 1959–60
|First Division |2 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 | ||||||
| 1960–61
|First Division |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 | ||||||
| 1961–62
|First Division |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1 |1 | ||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!37 !6 !2 !0 !0 !0 !1 !0 !40 !6 | ||||||
| rowspan="6" |Brentford
|1961–62{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=386–388}} |20 |2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |20 |2 | ||||||
| 1962–63
|42 |8 |1 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |45 |8 | ||||||
| 1963–64
|Third Division |35 |11 |6 |3 |4 |1 | colspan="2" |— |45 |15 | ||||||
| 1964–65
|Third Division |20 |3 |0 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |21 |3 | ||||||
| 1965–66
|Third Division |29 |7 |2 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |33 |7 | ||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!146 !30 !9 !0 !9 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !164 !30 | ||||||
| Watford
|1966–67{{Cite web |title=Player: Michael John Block |url=https://www.watfordfcarchive.co.uk/player/mike-block |access-date=26 August 2016 |website=Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016}} |Third Division |13 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |13 |2 | ||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!196 | 38 | 11 | 0
!9 !0 !1 !0 | 217 | 38 |
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Honours
Brentford
- Football League Fourth Division: 1962–63{{Cite web |title=Micky Block RIP |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/micky-block-rip_454565 |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}
- London Challenge Cup: 1964–65{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |date=1998 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page=82}}
Individual
References
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{{Brentford F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Block, Micky}}
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Brentford F.C. players
Category:Chelmsford City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:England men's youth international footballers
Category:Footballers from Ipswich
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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