David Carr (31 January 1957 – 19 June 2005) was an English professional footballer. He played in both defence and midfield for a number of English professional and semi-professional sides. Carr, born in

Aylesham Aylesham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England. The village is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-east of the cathedral city of Canterbury, and 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-west of the town and port of Dover. Ac ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

, began his senior football career with

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and W ...

, making his debut aged 15 in a Kent Floodlight Cup game at Hastings United. He joined

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

as an apprentice in January 1973 (Luton paying Margate £2000 as a transfer fee) and turned professional in January 1975. After 43 games, all in Division Two he joined Colin Murphy's Lincoln City for £20,500 in July 1979. Over the next three seasons he missed only one game and helped Lincoln to promotion from

Division Four The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Following the creation of the Premier L ...

. In August 1983 he moved to

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

, managed by

Bruce Rioch Bruce David Rioch (; born 6 September 1947) is a British football manager and former player for the Scotland national team. His last managerial post was at AaB in the Danish Superliga in 2008. As a player, he made more than 550 appearances in ...

, on a free transfer. He played 40 games that season before being released by new Torquay manager David Webb. After his release he joined Maidstone United, later playing for Dover Athletic, and Folkestone Invicta before joining Thanet United in the 1987 close-season. In July 1988 he moved to Hythe Town as player-coach, taking over as player-manager in November 1989. He later played for

Sittingbourne Sittingbourne is an industrial town in the Swale district of Kent, southeast England, from Canterbury and from London, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons. The town stands next to th ...

before finishing his career back at

in the 1992–93 season. Carr died from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

in June 2005, at the age of 48.

References

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