Norman Lockhart (footballer)

{{Short description|Irish footballer (1924–1993)}}

{{Other uses|Norman Lockhart (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Norman Lockhart

| image =

| image_size = 225

| caption = Signed cutting of Lockhart at Aston Villa

| fullname = Norman Lockhart

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|03|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|08|19|1924|03|04|df=y}}

| death_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in}}

| position = Outside left

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1940

| youthclubs1 = Windsor Star F.C.

| years1 = 1940–1944

| clubs1 = Distillery

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1944–1946

| clubs2 = Linfield

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1946–1947

| clubs3 = Swansea Town

| caps3 = 47

| goals3 = 13

| years4 = 1947–1952

| clubs4 = Coventry City

| caps4 = 181

| goals4 = 41

| years5 = 1952–1956

| clubs5 = Aston Villa

| caps5 = 74

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 1956–1958

| clubs6 = Bury

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 1958–1959

| clubs7 = Ards

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| totalcaps = 344+

| totalgoals = 70+

| nationalyears1 = 1946–1950

| nationalteam1 = Ireland (IFA)

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1951–1956

| nationalteam2 = Northern Ireland

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 1

}}

Norman Lockhart (4 March 1924 – 19 August 1993) was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland. Despite being naturally right footed Lockhart played as an outside left for Distillery, Linfield, Swansea Town, Coventry City, Aston Villa, Bury and Ards.{{WorldFootball.net}} He represented the Northern Ireland national football team eight times between 1946 and 1956. He scored two goals in his international debut against England at Windsor Park, Belfast in 1946.

{{NFT player}}

Career statistics

=Club=

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

! rowspan="2" |Division

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Linfield

| –

|1944–45Northern Regional League – An unofficial league which ran for seven seasons between 1940–1947, set up while the Irish league was suspended as a result of World War II.

|colspan="2"

|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"

|1945–46See Note 1.

|colspan="2"

|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
-

!Total

!colspan="2"

!colspan="2"
!colspan="2"
!colspan="2"
rowspan="3"|Swansea Town

|2

|1946–47

3411colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|3411
3

|1947–48

132colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|132
-

!Total

!47

13colspan="2"
!colspan="2"
!4713
rowspan="7"|Coventry City

|2

|1947–48

31621colspan="2"
|337
2

|1948–49

30510colspan="2"
|315
2

|1949–50

327colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|327
2

|1950–51

38710colspan="2"
|397
2

|1951–52

421532colspan="2"
|4517
3

|1952–53

81colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|81
-

!Total

!181

4173colspan="2"
!18844
rowspan="5"|Aston Villa

|1

|1952–53

14120colspan="2"
|161
1

|1953–54

182colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|182
1

|1954–55

25372colspan="2"
|325
1

|1955–56

17420colspan="2"
|194
-

!Total{{Cite web |title=Aston Villa Player Database |url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/807.html |access-date=7 March 2016 |website=www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com}}

!74

10112colspan="2"
!8512
rowspan="3"|Bury

|2

|1956–57

22110colspan="2"
|221
3

|1957–58

20510colspan="2"
|205
-

!Total

!42

620colspan="2"
!446
rowspan="2"|Ards

| –

|1958–59

|colspan="2"

|colspan="2"
|1010
-

!Total

!colspan="2"

!colspan="2"
!1010
colspan="3" |Career total

!344

702051036575

=International=

{{Cite web |title=Norman Lockhart – national football team player |url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12351 |access-date=7 March 2016 |website=Norman Lockhart – national football team player}}

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! colspan=3 | IFA XI/Northern Ireland

YearAppsGoals
194612
195010
195110
195210
195321
195510
195610
Total||8||3

Honours

=Club=

==Linfield==

  • Irish Cup Runner-up (1): 1943–44.
  • Irish Cup Winner (2): 1944–45, 1945–56.
  • Northern Regional League Champion (2): 1944–45, 1945–46.

Notes

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References

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