Joe Pointon

Joe Pointon
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Pointon^[1]
Date of birth	(1905-02-01)1 February 1905
Place of birth	Leek, Staffordshire, England^[1]
Date of death	1939 (aged 33–34)^[1]
Place of death	Leek, Staffordshire, England^[1]
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Leek Wesleyans
	Leek National
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Congleton Town
	Stoke City	0	(0)
1923–1926	Port Vale	10	(0)
1926–1928	Luton Town	65	(12)
1928–1929	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	(5)
1929–1930	Torquay United	27	(18)
1930–1931	Bristol Rovers	9	(1)
1931–1932	Walsall	17	(4)
Total		144+	(40+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Joseph "Joe" Pointon (1 February 1905 – 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Playing career

Pointon played for non-league football for Leek Wesleyans, Leek National, and Congleton Town, before signing with Stoke City.^[1] He did not feature for the "Potters" however, and so crossed the Potteries divide to join Port Vale as an amateur in April 1923.^[1] He played six consecutive Second Division games during the 1923–24 season, filling in for the regular number 7 Jack Lowe.^[1] He played four games during the 1925–26 season, but was released upon its conclusion.^[1] He moved on to Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.^[1] He was Torquay's top scorer during the 1929–30 Third Division South season, with sixteen goals.^[2] He died young in 1939, in his native Leek.^[1]

Sourced from Joe Pointon profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1923–24	Second Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1924–25	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1925–26	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Luton Town	1926–27	Third Division South	33	4	3	1	0	0	36	5
	1927–28	Third Division South	32	8	3	0	0	0	35	8
	Total		65	12	6	1	0	0	71	13
Brighton & Hove Albion	1928–29	Third Division South	16	5	0	0	0	0	16	5
Torquay United	1929–30	Third Division South	27	18	1	0	0	0	28	18
Bristol Rovers	1930–31	Third Division South	9	1	2	0	0	0	11	1
Walsall	1931–32	Third Division South	17	4	0	0	1	1	18	5
Career Total			144	40	9	1	1	1	154	42

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 233. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
↑ Leigh Edwards. The definitive Torquay United F.C. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 1-899468-09-9.

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