Richard Dorsett (3 December 1919 – November 1999) was an English footballer, who played as a

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. Dorsett was sometimes known as "the Brownhills Bomber" after his birthplace of Brownhills,

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(now West Midlands).

Football career

Dorsett started his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his debut in 1938. During that season he scored their only goal in the 4–1 defeat by Portsmouth in the

1939 FA Cup Final The 1939 FA Cup Final was contested by Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley. Portsmouth won 4–1, with goals from Bert Barlow, John Anderson and two by Cliff Parker. Dicky Dorsett scored Wolves' effort. As a result of the suspens ...

. During World War II, Dorsett served with the RAF and guested for

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, Grimsby Town, Liverpool, Queens Park Rangers and Southampton, for whom he made 16 appearances, scoring 23 goals. He was a member of the Wolves side that won the 1942 Football League War Cup and played 58 wartime games, scoring 40 goals. In September 1946, he joined

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for £3,000. His career almost came to an end in 1950 when he was involved in a car crash, but he recovered and played another three seasons before retiring from the game in 1953.

Later career

He stayed at Aston Villa coaching the club's youth team before joining Liverpool in 1957 as assistant trainer, a job he held until 1962. He died in November 1999, a month before what would have been his 80th birthday.

Honours

; Wolverhampton Wanderers * FA Cup finalist:

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References

External links

Article on "Wolves Old Gold"
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