Ronnie Dunn (footballer)

Ronnie Dunn
Personal information
Full name Ronald Victor Dunn[1]
Date of birth (1908-11-24)24 November 1908[1]
Place of birth Southall, London, England[1]
Date of death January 1994 (aged 85)[1]
Place of death Swale, England[1]
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1929 Dorset Regiment
1929–1931 Wealdstone
1931–1937 Crystal Palace 167 (0)
1937–1939 Colchester United 32 (0)
Total 199 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Victor Dunn (24 November 1908 – January 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Crystal Palace.

Dunn represented his regiment in the British Army before joining Wealdstone. He then joined Crystal Palace, where he spent six years, before moving to newly formed Southern League side Colchester United in 1937. He spent two years with Colchester before the Second World War, after which he retired from playing.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.