Bert Wilkinson

Bert Wilkinson
Personal information
Full name Herbert Wilkinson
Date of birth (1922-08-02)2 August 1922
Place of birth Sunderland, County Durham, England
Date of death 9 July 2011(2011-07-09) (aged 88)
Place of death Lincoln, England
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Murton Colliery Welfare
1945–1952 Lincoln City 39 (0)
1952–1953 Frickley Colliery
1953–1955 Grantham 14 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Wilkinson (2 August 1922 – 9 July 2011) was an English footballer who made 39 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He also played non-league football for Murton Colliery Welfare and Frickley Colliery, and in the Midland League with Grantham. He played as a full back.

Wilkinson was married to Teresa and had two children. His son-in-law Graham Clapham and grandson Jamie Clapham also played football professionally.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bert Wilkinson". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bert Wilkinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bert Wilkinson profile". thegingerbreads.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Bert Wilkinson". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wilkinson Herbert (Bert) Obituary". Lincolnshire Echo. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Moore, Glenn (25 November 2000). "Clapham shows talent does stay in the family". The Independent. London. p. 30 – via Newsbank.