Dennis Anthony Widdop (14 March 1931 – October 2016) was an English professional
footballer
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who played as a
winger.
Career
Born in
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...
, Widdop signed for
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
...
from
Portadown
Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...
in July 1954.
[Frost, p. 410] He made 1 league appearance for the club,
[Frost, p. 390] before being released in June 1955.
Sources
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References
1931 births
2016 deaths
English men's footballers
Portadown F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football wingers
Footballers from Keighley
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