Wilf Nixon

Wilfred Nixon (22 October 1882 – April 1985) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham as a goalkeeper.[1][3][4]

Wilf Nixon
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Nixon[1]
Date of birth (1882-10-22)22 October 1882
Place of birth Workington, England[2]
Date of death April 1985 (1985-05) (aged 102)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Newcastle United 0 (0)
Hexham
Carlisle United
Wallsend Park Villa
Haltwhistle Black Diamond
Newburn
1912–1920 Fulham 27 (0)
1915–1916 → Queens Park Rangers (guest) 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Robson served with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[5] He was captured by the Germans in Oppy on 28 April 1917.[6] He was the interred as a prisoner of war.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1914–15[7] Second Division 19 0 2 0 21 0
Career total 19 0 2 0 21 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 218. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. Wilf Nixon on Lives of the First World War
  3. "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1915–16". QPRnet. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. "Wilfred Nixon | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. "The Story of the Footballers' Battalions in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  7. "Fulham Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 October 2017.


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