John Flowers (footballer)

John Flowers
Personal information
Full name John Edward Flowers[1]
Date of birth (1944-08-26) 26 August 1944 (age 80)[1]
Place of birth Edlington, England[1]
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Stoke City 8 (0)
1966–1971 Doncaster Rovers 164 (4)
1971–1972 Port Vale 34 (0)
Eastwood
Total 206 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Edward Flowers (born 26 August 1944) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Stoke City, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, and Eastwood in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] He scored four goals in 206 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League,[3] with the bulk of these appearances coming at Doncaster, where he won the Fourth Division title in 1968–69. He is the younger brother of Ron Flowers,[4] and the nephew of George Flowers.

  1. ^ a b c d Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Williams, Tony; Peskett, Roy, eds. (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72 (2nd ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0362000948.
  3. ^ John Flower Stats at Neil Brown stat site
  4. ^ Sherwin, Phil (15 October 2011). "Sam's late strike sees Vale in to next round". The Sentinel: The Way We Were. p. 16.