Reginald "Reg" Stewart (30 October 1925 – 6 March 2011) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a centre half in The Football League.

Career

Born in Sheffield, Stewart played for Sheffield Wednesday and Colchester United in the Football League from 1946 until 1957, and with non-league clubs Hastings United and Clacton Town. A member of the first ever Colchester United side to play in a Football League game, Reg was an uncompromising central defender who came south from Sheffield Wednesday. A regular in the heart of the defence for seven years, he played some 268 times for the U's before leaving to sign for Clacton Town.

Honours

Club

;Colchester United * Southern League runner-up: 1949–50 * Southern League Cup winner: 1949–50

References

External links

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Reg Stewart
at Colchester United Archive Database 1925 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Sheffield English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Colchester United F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Hastings United F.C. (1948) players F.C. Clacton players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1920s-stub