Kevin Dawson (born 18 June 1981) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender.

Early and personal life

Born in

Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire ...

, Dawson is the middle brother of fellow footballers Andy and

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Career

Dawson began his career with

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

, making 11 appearances in

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between 1999 and 2002. While at Forest, Dawson spent a brief loan spell at Barnet, making five league appearances. After leaving Forest, Dawson spent three seasons with Chesterfield, making 51 league appearances and scoring once against

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

. Dawson later played non-league football with Barrow,

Worksop Town Worksop Town Football Club is an English football club based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The team play in the . They are nicknamed ''The Tigers'' and play their home games at Sandy Lane in Worksop. History Previous clubs The club claims it w ...

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

and Stocksbridge Park Steels.

References

1981 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from Northallerton Nottingham Forest F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Worksop Town F.C. players Wakefield F.C. players Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football defenders 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1980s-stub