Don Emery

Don Emery

Personal information
Full name	Donald Kenneth James Emery[1]
Date of birth	(1920-06-11)11 June 1920
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death	19 November 1993(1993-11-19) (aged 73)
Place of death	Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1948	Swindon Town	69	(3)
1948–1952	Aberdeen	89	(17)
1952–1956	East Fife	92	(5)
Total		250	(25)
Managerial career
	Fraserburgh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Don Emery (11 June 1920 – 19 November 1993) was a Welsh footballer. He played for Swindon Town, Aberdeen and East Fife, and in the late 1950s managed Scottish Highland Football League Club, Fraserburgh FC. In 1969 he was part of a consortium that failed in an attempt to unseat and replace the board of Aberdeen FC.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club[2][3]	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Swindon Town	1937–38	Third Division South	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1	0
	1938–39		8	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	9	1
	1939–40	Competitive Football Cancelled Due to WW2
	1940–41
	1941–42
	1942–43
	1943–44
	1944–45
	1945–46
	1946–47	Third Division South	23	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	25	2
	1947–48		37	0	5	0	0	0	-	-	42	0
	Total		69	3	8	0	0	0	-	-	77	3
Aberdeen	1948–49	Scottish Division One	15	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	5
	1949–50		29	5	5	1	6	3	0	0	40	9
	1950–51		25	4	2	1	10	2	0	0	37	7
	1951–52		20	3	4	0	6	1	0	0	30	4
	Total		89	17	11	2	25	6	0	0	125	25
East Fife	1952–53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1953–54		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1954–55		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1955–56		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total		92	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	92+	5+
Career total			250	25	19+	2+	25+	6+	0	0	294+	27+

References

1. "Don Emery". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Don EMERY – Player Profile". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
3. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

External links

• Don Emery at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database