Ken Blackburn (footballer)

Ken Blackburn
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Alan Blackburn
Date of birth	13 May 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Wembley, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Cheltenham Town
1968–1969	Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1970	Brighton & Hove Albion
1970–19??	Dover
	Gloucester City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Alan Blackburn (born 13 May 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.^[1]

Born in Wembley, Middlesex, and raised in the west of England, Blackburn played both rugby and football to representative level as a schoolboy. He played for Cheltenham Town as a youngster, joined Brighton & Hove Albion as an apprentice, and made his debut on 3 March 1969 in the Third Division, scoring the last-minute winner away to Shrewsbury Town. That was his only first-team appearance. He turned professional in May 1969, but was released at the end of the following season and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Dover^[2] and Gloucester City. He took up coaching, and spent 19 years as head of youth football at Gloucester City before taking up a similar role at Tuffley Rovers in 2018.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ken Blackburn". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
^ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
^ Palmer, Jon (2 August 2018). "Former Gloucester City Under-18s coach takes on new role at Tuffley Rovers". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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[Hugman-1] "Ken Blackburn". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[CarderHarris-2] Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.

[3] Palmer, Jon (2 August 2018). "Former Gloucester City Under-18s coach takes on new role at Tuffley Rovers". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

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