John Stalker (footballer)

John Stalker
Personal information
Full name John Alexander Hastie Inglis Stalker[1]
Date of birth (1959-03-12) 12 March 1959 (age 65)[2]
Place of birth Musselburgh,[2] Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
197?–1979 Leicester City 0 (0)
1979–1983 Darlington 116 (36)
1983 Hartlepool United 4 (0)
1983 Meadowbank Thistle 5 (0)
1984 East Fife 11 (1)
1984–198? Penicuik Athletic
198?–1986 Newtongrange Star (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Alexander Hastie Inglis Stalker (born 12 March 1959) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. He began his senior career in England with Leicester City, but moved on to Darlington, for whom he scored 36 goals from 116 appearances in the Football League. After a short spell with Hartlepool United, Stalker returned to his native Scotland, where he played in the Scottish League for Meadowbank Thistle and East Fife before moving into junior football with Penicuik Athletic[2] and Newtongrange Star.[4]

  1. ^ "Miscellaneous documents – Darlington: Records of Darlington Football Club: Players' contracts with the club: Ref: D/XD 97/35/102". Darlington F.C. 23 October 1979. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014 – via Durham County Records Office.
  2. ^ a b c "John Stalker". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
  4. ^ "List of players –S". Newtongrange Star F.C. Retrieved 19 March 2014.