Dave Blakey

Dave Blakey
Personal information
Full name David Blakey
Date of birth (1929-08-22)22 August 1929
Place of birth Newburn, England
Date of death 4 April 2014(2014-04-04) (aged 84)
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
East Chevington Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1967 Chesterfield 617 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Blakey (29 August 1929 – 4 April 2014)[1] was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.[2] Blakey spent his entire senior career with Chesterfield.[3] He is the club's record appearance holder, making 617 appearances in the Football League and 658 appearances in all competitions.[4] After retiring as a player he worked as a scout at a number of clubs.[4] He died on 4 April 2014.[5]

  1. ^ "Sad News - Dave Blakey".
  2. ^ "658 reasons for Dave to join party". Derbyshire Times. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b "David Blakey". cfchistory.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Dave Blakey: 1929 – 2014". Chesterfield F.C. 6 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2014.