Wilf Rostron

Wilf Rostron
Personal information
Full name John Wilfred Rostron[1]
Date of birth (1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 67)[1]
Place of birth Sunderland,[1] England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1977 Arsenal 17 (2)
1977–1979 Sunderland 76 (7)
1979–1989 Watford 317 (22)
1989 Sheffield Wednesday 7 (0)
1989–1991 Sheffield United 36 (3)
1991 Brentford 42 (2)
Total 495 (46)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Wilfred Rostron (born 29 September 1956) is an English former footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League. He spent ten years with Watford and had shorter spells with Arsenal, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United and Brentford.[1] He started off as a left-winger but then spent most of his career as a left-back.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Wilf Rostron". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).