Don Townsend

Don Townsend
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-09-17)17 September 1930
Place of birth Swindon, England
Date of death 29 July 2020(2020-07-29) (aged 89)
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1954 Trowbridge Town
1954–1962 Charlton Athletic 249 (1)
1962–1965 Crystal Palace 77 (0)
Total 326 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Edward Townsend (17 September 1930 – 29 July 2020)[1] was an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League. He was the father of former Ireland international Andy Townsend.[2]

Townsend died on 29 July 2020, at the age of 89.[3]

  1. ^ "Don Townsend". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ "Townsend brings Irish career to a well-timed close". Independent. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Don Townsend: 1930–2020". Crystal Palace F.C. 29 July 2020.