Terence Stoddart (28 November 1931 – October 2014) is an English former footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Darlington and York City. He was also on the books of Newcastle United without playing for their first team.[1]

Terry Stoddart
Personal information
Full name Terence Stoddart[1]
Date of birth (1931-11-28)28 November 1931[1]
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne,[1] England
Date of death October 2014 (2014-11) (aged 82)[1]
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne,[1] England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1954 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1954–1956 Darlington 8 (0)
1956–1957 York City 3 (0)
Poole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stoddart was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] He represented Northumberland at youth level,[2] and began his club career in Newcastle United's nursery team.[3] He played for the club's reserve team for several years,[4][5][6] but never for the first team, and in May 1954 he moved on to Third Division North club Darlington.[7] He played only infrequently over two seasons, then spent a season with divisional rivals York City, again playing rarely,[1] before moving into non-league football with Poole Town.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Terry Stoddart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Northumberland Youth XI". Morpeth Herald. 5 November 1948. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Newcastle nursery team at Ashington". Morpeth Herald. 20 February 1948. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "United side to visit Burnley". Sunderland Echo. 6 October 1949. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Scouter (3 January 1951). "Samuels has 'hat-trick'". Burnley Express. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Reserves attack had most of the play". Burnley Express. 11 February 1953. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Joins Darlington". Daily Mirror. London. 25 May 1954. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Terry Stoddart". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 June 2018.